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Acta
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Copyright 2004 by Faculty of Medicine, University of Nis |
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL –DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTIC OF SUICIDE ATTEMPTS IN ADOLESCENS TREATED AT THE INSTITUTE FOR MENTAL HEALTH IN NIŠ IN PERIOD OF 1999-2003
Grozdanko Grbeša, Ljubomir Milosavljević and Ana Mrkajić
Institute for Mental Health
The topic of this work is an epidemiological research of the suicide attempts of adolescents treated at the Institute for Mental Health Niš. The investigation comprises the period from 1999 up to 2003 year. The number of adolescents suicide attempts is increasing, and it is the highest one in 2003 year. Suicide attempt is most frequent with elderly female adolescents aged 17. A suicide attempt is preceded with manifestation in a form of mood disturbance in the scope of reactive situations. A dysfunctional family is the suicidal adolescent‘s framework within which he moves while as, a means for the attempt, benzoduiazepin’s group of medicaments is chosen by him. Acta Medica Medianae 2004; 43(3):23-27.
Key words: epidemiological characteristic, demographic characteristic, suicide attempts, adolescents |