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1871566

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
31-32
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-9-19
pubmed:abstractText
In a European multicenter study all the suicide attempts in the city and agglomeration of Berne which came under medical treatment during a 12-month period were surveyed. There were 243 females and 153 males, corresponding to a rate of 177.1 and 128.6 per 100,000 respectively. The investigated region can be regarded as representative of Switzerland. Comparison with other centers shows that the incidence of attempted suicide in Switzerland--unlike that of suicide--is approximately in line with the European average. The usual method is overdose of drugs, in particular benzodiazepines. Nearly all the drugs involved in the overdoses were obviously prescribed by physicians. The choice of drugs suggests that many suicidal people deliberately take anxiety-and tension-reducing agents, a fact which points to a relationship between anxiety states and attempted suicide. Both are to be regarded as the expression of acute emotional stress and require an appropriate therapeutic approach.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0036-7672
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
6
pubmed:volume
121
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1133-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
[Attemoted suicide in the Bern region].
pubmed:affiliation
Psychiatrische Universitätspoliklinik Bern.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't