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Abstract
Suicide is a self-inflicted death that is intentional rather than accidental. It is a complex human behavior with biological, sociological, and psychological roots . It may be seen in every community, from an average person reacting to stressful life conditions, to patients with severe mental health disorders. Suicide is still a very controversial matter ,due to it being one of the main reasons for death in recent years (Ernst et al., 2010).
Risk factors for suicide attempt have included a history of suicide attempt by the patient or suicide in the family, high severity depression, hopelessness, anger and suicidal ideation (Fawcett et al., 2009).
With the continuous economic developments and social transformations, increasing people are suffering from mental problems. Depression, anxiety and other emotional problems may lead to a loss of confidence, and the extreme manifestation of this is suicide (Pelkonen et al., 2011).
Aim of the study:
The study aimed to assess suicidal attitudes and behaviors of suicide.
Research design:
A descriptive co-relational design was used.
Research setting:
The study was conducted at Menoufia Poison Control Center that
follows Menoufia University Hospitals Tools of the study:
Data was collected by using the following tools:
Tool I :An interviewing structured questionnaire was developed by the researcher and included:
Part 1: Socio-demographic data of the study sample such as age, sex, marital status, education, occupation, income, status of living and family size…….
Part 2: Questions related to precipitating factors of suicide.
Part 3: Methods of suicide attempts.
Tool II: Beck’s suicide intent scale (SIS): It was developed by Beck at 1974. It is a self reported questionnaire in which there are 15-items designed to assess the severity of suicidal intention associated with an episode of self harm.
Tool III: Attitudes Toward Suicide Questionnaire (ATTS): It was developed by Renberg and Jacobsen at 2003. It is a self reported questionnaire in which there are some questions about the cases experiences of suicide problems in the closet surroundings.
The main result of the study showed that:
There was 62% of the studied cases aged from 13-25 years .The majority of the studied cases was single (80%) and 55% of them were students.
There was many factors precipitated to suicide as problems in family 55%, failure in the study 88%, failed to love 81% and exposure to psychological violence 59%.
There was statistically significant relation between occupation of the studied cases and severity of suicidal intention .
There was statistically significant relation between number of previous suicide attempts and attitude toward suicide of the studied cases.
There was statistically significant relation between indecisiveness as an attitude toward suicide and severity of suicide intention.
Conclusion :
The present study concluded that the majority of the studied cases was at age group between 13-25 years .The most common factors were failure in the study, failure to love and violence. The majority of the cases had indecisiveness toward suicide .
Recommendations: Providing youth with information about skills in problem solving, conflict resolution, and handling problems in a nonviolent way. Teaching youth about importance of strong connections to family, friends, and community support. Providing access to educational programs about cultural and religious beliefs that discourage suicide and support self-preservation. Teaching youth about importance of time management and importance of participation in useful life activities.