ArticleCurrent topics in behavioral neurosciences2020
Sex, Gender, and Suicidal Behavior.
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- Association between alcohol consumption per capita and suicide mortality rate across 30 European countries.BMJ mental health · 2025Article
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- Suicidal Ideation Among Persons With Psychiatric Disorders: A Cross-Sectional Study at Outpatient Clinics in Iraq.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Purinergic System Transcript Changes in the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Suicide and Major Depressive Disorder.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Comprehensive view of suicide: A neuro-immune-endocrine approach.World journal of psychiatry · 2025Review
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- Age-period-cohort analysis of self-harm incidence rates by gender in Iran among individuals aged 10-39 years, 1990-2019.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Gender differences in the relationship between obsessive-compulsive symptoms and suicide risk among psychiatric outpatient adolescents: the role of depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and sleep disturbances.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Sex Differences in Cortical Structural Alterations in Major Depressive Disorder With Suicidal Ideation.Depression and anxiety · 2025Article
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Abstract
This chapter reviews gender differences in suicide, commonly known as the gender paradox in suicide. While men are more likely to complete suicide, suicide attempts are more frequent in women. Although there are exceptions, this paradox occurs in most countries over the world, and it is partially explained by the preference of men for more lethal methods. Nevertheless, there are differences in the known risk factors for suicide between men and women, and this chapter summarizes the more relevant findings for the gender paradox. Apart from previous attempts, which still is the strongest predictor of death by suicide, with a higher rate in males than in females, we will emphasize in the role of male depression. It is commonly recognized that over 90% of people who die by suicide had a psychiatric diagnosis, mostly depression, and male depression seems to be a distinct clinical phenotype challenging to recognize, which might contribute to the gender paradox. Finally, in light of all the information reviewed, some recommendations on prevention of suicide from a gender perspective in the clinical setting will be made.
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