Abstract:

Introduction and Purpose: The purpose of this research was to investigate the incidents and identify the risks of suicide and suicide attempts. Method and Requirements: In our study, the data of the incidents requested by the emergency service for the cause of suicide attempt between January 2018 and December 2018 were evaluated retrospective. The data of these phenomena were studied in terms of civil status, educational status, age, gender, economic causes, social characteristics, family disability, the presence or absence of diagnosis of psychiatric disease, the treatment processes. It was also investigated in terms of the methods and causes of suicide attempts. In this study, 69.5% of the total 246 mature were men and 30.5% were women. 93.9% of patients were attempting suicide by taking drugs or toxic substances. 19,5 percent of the cases have previously attempted suicide, and 80,5 percent have not previously attempted suicide. 93.9 percent of suicide trials were asked for psychiatric consultation and 6.1 percent were not asked for psychiatric consultation. The relationship between the facts under psychiatric treatment and previously attempted suicide was statistically meaningful (p<0.001). 54.2% of patients who have previously attempted suicide received psychiatric treatment and 45.8% did not receive psychiatric treatment. When the distribution of suicide attempts is estimated by months, 11.0% suicide attempts occurred most often in June, and seasonally 25.6% suicide attempts occurred most often in autumn. It is estimated that 45.9% of suicide attempts were during the daytime. The method most commonly used in terms of the method of suicide attempt is the medicine and toxic substances that are identified because the storage of such substances in safe environments in the homes will make it difficult for people with a tendency to suicide to reach these substances. We believe that increasing measures toward people who tend to commit suicide due to the increased incidence of suicide attempts in women than men, young people than the elderly will reduce suicide attempts.

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