Author/Authors :
Malakouti، Seyed-Kazem نويسنده , , Davoudi، Farnoush نويسنده Department of Community Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran Davoudi, Farnoush , Khalid، Saeed نويسنده World Health Organization, Regional office for the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Unit, Regional Advisor, Washington, DC, United States of America. Khalid, Saeed , Ahmadzad Asl، Masoud نويسنده Department of Psychiatry, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, IR Iran Ahmadzad Asl, Masoud , Moosa Khan، Murad نويسنده Department of Psychiatry, Aga Khan University, Pakistan. Moosa Khan, Murad , Alirezaei، Narges نويسنده Mental Health Research Centre, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Alirezaei, Narges , Mirabzadeh، Arash نويسنده University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences,Social Determinants of Health Research Center, , , DeLeo، Diego نويسنده Department of Psychiatry, Australian institute for Suicide Research and Prevention,National Centre of Excellence in Suicide prevention, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia. DeLeo, Diego
Abstract :
This systematic review aimed to help better to understand the epidemiology of suicidal behaviors among Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) countries. The PubMed, EMR medex, Scopus, PsychInfo, ISI, and IMEMR were searched with no language limitation for papers on the epidemiology of suicidal behaviors in the general population, published up to August 2013. A total of 13 articles were reviewed. The incidence (per 100.000) of committed suicide ranged from 0.55 to 5.4. The lifelong prevalence of attempted suicide, suicidal plan and thoughts were 0.72-4.2%, 6.2-6.7%, and 2.9-14.1%, respectively. The figures for suicide are higher than those officially reported. Suicide behaviorsʹ statistics is susceptible to underestimation presumably due to the socio-cultural, religious and legal barriers, not to mention the lack of well-organized registries and methodologically sound community-based surveys.
