SUICIDE ATTEMPTS BY AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS

Forty three patients (42%) used agricultural chemicals as a method of suicide over nine and a half years (from Oct. 1981 to March 1991), and most cases were reported in June (agricultural activity) and December (year′s end). The highest prevalence was inpatients in their fifties (34.9%). 58.1% of th...

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Autores principales: Sato, Takeshi, Takeichi, Masashi, Hara, Tomihide
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1993
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2980642/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21743647
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Sumario:Forty three patients (42%) used agricultural chemicals as a method of suicide over nine and a half years (from Oct. 1981 to March 1991), and most cases were reported in June (agricultural activity) and December (year′s end). The highest prevalence was inpatients in their fifties (34.9%). 58.1% of these patients who committed suicide were farmers or had no fixed occupation. Main precipitating factor was difficulties in interpersonal relationships (30.9%), and the largest number of patients (25.6%) were diagnosed as having manic-depressive psychosis, depressed type.

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