[Suicides in the Russian Federation as a sociopsychiatric problem]

The analysis of suicide situation in Russia in 1989-1993 is presented. Unfavourable trends have been identified: growth of suicides prevalence and younger age of their committing. The differentiation of Russian regions according to suicide rates is also presented. While suicide prevalence was 37.9 per 100,000 among general Russian population it was more than twice as high among mentally ill, in outpatient clinic, that is 78.2. 1738 mentally ill suicide cases have been considered. Most of these suicides have been committed by patients at the age of 30-59 years. Schizophrenic patients prevailed--55.6% of cases. It was found that unlike general population age-sex structure of the population considered was more stable and wasn't changed under the influence of social factors. The changes in the nosological structure of the above population depended on the changes of the psychiatric registration procedure.