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Is suicide predictable?
T Seghatoleslam1, H Habi, R Abdul Rashid
1Dept., of Clinical Psychology, Shahid Beheshti Medical University, Tehran, Iran ; Centre of Addiction Sciences (UMCAS) Malaysia, University of Malaya, Malaysia.
Background:
THE CURRENT STUDY AIMED TO TEST THE HYPOTHESIS: Is suicide predictable? And try to classify the predictive factors in multiple suicide attempts.
Methods:
A cross-sectional study was administered to 223 multiple attempters, women who came to a medical poison centre after a suicide attempt. The participants were young, poor, and single. A Logistic Regression Analiysis was used to classify the predictive factors of suicide.
Results:
Women who had multiple suicide attempts exhibited a significant tendency to attempt suicide again. They had a history for more than two years of multiple suicide attempts, from three to as many as 18 times, plus mental illnesses such as depression and substance abuse. They also had a positive history of mental illnesses.
Conclusion:
Results indicate that contributing factors for another suicide attempt include previous suicide attempts, mental illness (depression), or a positive history of mental illnesses in the family affecting them at a young age, and substance abuse.
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