ArticleMedical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research2011
Gender differentiation in methods of suicide attempts.
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- Fatal intentional drowning in Australia: A systematic literature review of rates and risk factors.PloS one · 2020Pooled it
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- Comparative analysis of socio-demographic and clinical profiles among suicide attempt patients: A three-month follow-up study.Bioinformation · 2026Article
- Examining suicidality and associated risk factors among refugee children and adolescents in Uganda.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Differentiating homicidal, suicidal, and autoerotic neck compression deaths.Journal of forensic sciences · 2025Article
- Boys Do Cry: what do Australian men think of a music video encouraging them to talk about their mental health struggles?BMC public health · 2025Article
- Factors associated with psychiatric consultation history and methods of suicide in individuals who died by suicide in Osaka City: A retrospective study.PCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2025Article
- Injury patterns of suicide attempts in the head and neck area-a retrospective analysis over 15 years.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundSuicide is an important public health problem worldwide, especially due to an increasing rate of suicides committed by violent methods. This study compared and assessed the methods used in suicide attempts (but no completed suicides) as undertaken by men and women and investigated the possible role of gender in the selection of suicide method. MATERIAL/
methodsThe study was conducted among persons who attempted suicide by various methods and were admitted to hospital. The study population comprised 147 participants (33 males and 114 females) aged between 14 and 33 years.
resultsThe most prevalent methods of suicide attempts were pharmacological drugs abuse (42.31%) and exsanguination (25.64%), and the least frequent were poisoning and throwing oneself under a moving car (1.28%). The findings revealed that the female subjects tended to choose pharmacological drugs overdose and exsanguination as the suicide method, while males more frequently used hanging and asphyxia. Females also used a greater number of different suicide methods.
conclusionsThe study results indicate that women as a group more frequently attempted suicide rather than actually committing it, whereas men were more likely to complete suicides and choose more violent suicide methods; thus, women are the "attempters" and "survivors" of suicide attempts. The study findings may have implications for therapy and prevention of suicide, and suggest that psychotherapeutic activities should be tailored to the psychological and personality traits associated with gender identity.
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