EPIDEMIOLOGICAL - DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTIC OF SUICIDE ATTEMPTS IN ADOLESCENS TREATED AT THE INSTITUTE FOR MENTAL HEALTH IN NIS IN PERIOD OF 1999-2003
The topic of this work is an epidemiological research of the suicide attempts of adolescents treated at the Institute for Mental Health Nis. The investigation comprises the period from 1999 up to 2003 year. The number of adolescents suicide attempts is increasing, and it is the highest one in 2003 y...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University in Nis, Faculty of Medicine
2004-07-01
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| Series: | Acta Medica Medianae |
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| Online Access: | http://publisher.medfak.ni.ac.rs/2004-html/3-%20broj/EPIDEMIOLOGICAL%20%20DEMOGRAPHIC....pdf |
| Summary: | The topic of this work is an epidemiological research of the suicide attempts of adolescents treated at the Institute for Mental Health Nis. The investigation comprises the period from 1999 up to 2003 year. The number of adolescents suicide attempts is increasing, and it is the highest one in 2003 year. Suicide attempt is most frequent with elderly female adolescents aged 17. A suicide attempt is preceded with manifestation in a form of mood disturbance in the scope of reactive situations. A dysfunctional family is the suicidal adolescent’s framework within which he moves while as, a means for the attempt, benzodiazepin’s group of medicaments is chosen by him. |
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| ISSN: | 0365-4478 |