Aetiological factors in attempted suicide.

Suicide and the war in Croatia

“…Suicide is an ubiquitous phenomenon of the human predicament, despite occasional specific variations across space and time [7]. Being a serious public health and sociological problem, suicide has become the subject of numerous studies of various professions, trying to establish a causal relationship between the motive and final decision to commit suicide.…”

Problem-solving skills in suicidal psychiatric patients.

“…Suicide attempting, however, is more common among women \ than among men) (Bancroft & Marsack, 1977;Bogard, 1970;Greer et al, 1966;Shneidman et al, 1970). A possible exception to this, however, was noted by Kreitman (1977) who found equal rates of attempting for older single persons and for individuals with a prior history of suicide attempts.…”

Attempted Suicide in Eastern B.A.O.R.: A Comparative Survey

“…The significance of a broken home in the aetiology of attempted suicide has received considerable attention. Greer, Gunn and Koller (1966) in their series from Kings' C<;>llege Hospital found that .their attempted suicide group contained a higher . proportion of individuals from broken homes than did their comparable psychiatric and general patient groups.…”

“…Kessel (1965) however, puts 26 per cent in his No Psychiatric Illness category and points out that" distress drives people to self-poisoning acts, and distress is not the exclusive province of the mentally ill ". Greer, Gunn and Koller (1966) qualify their No Psychiatric Illness group (11 per cent) with " Acute Situational Reaction", a concept similar to the " Immaturity Reaction" used in the present study.…”