Suicides in adolescence: A twelve-year study from Eastern Turkey

Suicide Among Adolescents in Center Tunisia: An 18-Year Autopsy Study

“…As observed in our study, the number of suicides among females is higher than that observed among males with a male-to-female suicide ratio being 2/3. This result is similar to that found in a study conducted in Turkey in similar age groups [7]. On the other hand, in the majority of studies, the rate of suicide was reported to be higher among men [19,[26][27][28][29][30].…”

“…Differences in suicidal rates between urban and rural areas have previously been investigated internationally [7,26,27,33] with higher rural suicide rates. Explanations for these differences have been largely speculated and have included urban-rural differences in employment opportunities, early marriage age, illiteracy, easy access to lethal methods especially to pesticide products and a dominant masculine culture [34][35][36].…”

The medico-legal evaluation of injuries from falls in pediatric age groups

“…26,27 According to the story in the patient chart that we evaluated only three cases of falls due to intentional jumping from heights. Two of three patients jumped from low-level (about 3 m) and one patient jumped from high level (about 15 m).…”

Korozif madde içimine bağlı mide perforasyonu sonucu ölüm. Olgu sunumu

“…Ergenlik döneminde ise korozif maddeler daha çok intihar amacıyla alınmaktadır. Erişkin erkeklerde ise intihar amacıyla korozif madde alım oranın daha düşük olduğu bildirilmiştir (3)(4)(5).…”