Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Review

Suicide

Lakshmi Vijayakumar, Michael R Phillips, Morton M Silverman, David Gunnell, Vladimir Carli
Vikram Patel, Dan Chisholm, Tarun Dua, Ramanan Laxminarayan, María Elena Medina-Mora
, editors.
In: Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders: Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 4). Washington (DC): The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank; 2016 Mar 14. Chapter 9.
Free Books & Documents
Review

Suicide

Lakshmi Vijayakumar et al.
Free Books & Documents

Excerpt

An estimated 804,000 deaths by suicide occurred globally in 2012 (WHO 2014a). Of these, 75.5 percent were in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), which have limited resources to address the issue. The reasons for suicides are multifactorial, but suicides are preventable.

Suicide is operationally defined for the purpose of this chapter as the deliberate act of killing oneself. Suicide attempt describes any nonfatal suicidal behavior, such as intentional self-inflicted poisoning, injury, or self-harm. The inclusion of deliberate self-harm (DSH) within the definition of suicide attempt is potentially controversial, because it includes some acts carried out without suicidal intent. Nevertheless, suicide intent can be difficult to ascertain. Accordingly, the approach in this chapter follows that used by the World Health Organization (WHO) and classifies DSH under suicide attempt.

PubMed Disclaimer

References

    1. Abeyasinghe R, Gunnell D. 2008. “Psychological Autopsy Study of Suicide in Three Rural and Semi-Rural Districts of Sri Lanka.” Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 43 (4): 280–85. - PubMed
    1. Ahmadi A, Mohammadi R, Schwebel D C, Yeganeh N, Soroush A, Bazargan-Hejazi S. 2009. “Familiar Risk Factors for Self Immolation: A Case Control Study.” Journal of Women’s Health 18 (7): 1025–31. - PubMed
    1. Ahmadi A, Ytterstad B. 2007. “Prevention of Self-Immolation by Community-Based Intervention.” Burns 33 (8): 1032–40. - PubMed
    1. Anteghini M, Fonseca H, Ireland M, Blum R W. 2001. “Health Risk Behaviors and Associated Risk and Protective Factors among Brazilian Adolescents in Santos, Brazil.” Journal of Adolescent Health 28 (4): 295–302. - PubMed
    1. Barbosa L P, Quevedo L, da Silva Gdel G, Jansen K, Pinheiro R T. others. 2014. “Childhood Trauma and Suicide Risk in a Sample of Young Individuals Aged 14–35 Years in Southern Brazil.” Child Abuse and Neglect 38 (7): 1191–96. - PubMed

LinkOut - more resources