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HOSPITAL SUICIDES: SIGNIFICANCES AND MEANINGS

Journal: Journal of the Grodno State Medical University (Vol.21, No. 3)

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Page : 262-265

Keywords : hospital suicides; suicide rate; medical and psychological profile; suicide risk; suicide prevention;

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Abstract

Purpose. To define relationship between the frequency of suicides among the population and the frequency of suicides committed by patients of healthcare organizations providing medical care in hospitals. Material and methods. The work used statistical data for the Grodno region for the period 2006-2022: on the population, the number of suicides, data on hospital suicides (n=33). Results. It has been established that at monthly intervals the frequency of registration of hospital suicides corresponds to the frequency of suicides among the population. The identity of the medical and psychological portraits of patients who committed hospital suicides and suicides in the Grodno region, as well as the high frequency of suicides at the place of residence of patients who committed hospital suicides indicate the random choice of the suicide site by the suicider during inpatient treatment. Conclusions. The relationship defined in the study indicate the dominant role of sociogenesis in the presuicide of hospital suicides.

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