scholarly journals Current trend of suicide in Sikkim

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-101
Author(s):  
Satish Rasaily ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Suicide Rate ◽  
Current Trend ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Drug Use Disorders ◽  
Increasing Trend ◽  
Made In ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

The State of Sikkim has been witnessing increasing trend in suicide rate in last decade. Studies examining an extent, pattern and causes of suicide in Sikkim are limited and prevalent notion regarding causes of suicide are mostly based on descriptive narration of an individual suicide cases that usually promotes socio-economic factors and drug use disorders. An attempt has been made in this article to examine current trend of suicide in Sikkim, assessed risk factors by analysing published and unpublished available research studies, and highlight suicide prevention responses by East Sikkim.

scholarly journals Suicide trends and characteristics in Brazil

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-7
Author(s):  
Carolina de Mello-Santos ◽  
José Manoel Bertolote ◽  
Yuan-Pang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Rate ◽  
World Health ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Youth Population ◽  
Self Harm ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Populous Country ◽  
Related Mortality ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

Brazil is the largest and most populous country in South America (in 2002 the population was approximately 175 million). Although life expectancy in Brazil has increased, suicide and other forms of injury-related mortality, such as homicide and accident, have increased as a proportion of overall mortality (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, 1984; Brazil Ministry of Health, 2001). The suicide rate in Brazil (3.0–4.0 per 100 000 inhabitants) is not considered high in global terms (World Health Organization, 1999). Nevertheless, it has followed the world tendency towards growth: during 1980–2000, the suicide rate in Brazil increased by 21%. Elderly people present the highest suicide rates in absolute numbers, but the alarming finding in the Brazilian data is that the youth population is increasingly dying by suicide (Mello-Santos et al, 2005). This statistic partially confirms a forecast by Diekstra & Guilbinat (1993) that the number of deaths by suicide would dramatically increase over the next decades, mainly in developing countries, including Latin America. In these regions, socio-economic factors (such as an increase in divorce and unemployment and a decrease in religiosity) increase the risk of self-harm. We discuss the reasons for the low suicide rate in Brazil and highlight the socio-economic factors affecting its increase among the youth population in particular.

scholarly journals Understanding the predisposing risk factors of young suicide

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 4530
Author(s):  
Rashmi Wardhan ◽  
Padmshree Mudgal
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Suicide Risk ◽  
Suicide Ideation ◽  
Aminobutyric Acid ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Gamma Aminobutyric Acid ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

Suicide is an unfortunate multifactorial problem impacting families and communities. Many young lives are lost every year due to suicide. There is an urgent need to understand the multifactorial risk factor mechanisms providing vulnerability to suicidal behavior for early detection of impending incidents, monitoring, and prevention. This review aims to give an insight into the various biochemical and genetic markers along with the associated socio-economic factors and mental disorders which contribute to increased suicide risk. The role of different neurotransmitter-associated pathways such as serotonin, gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA), and norepinephrine pathway, and pathways involving the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, lipid metabolism, and neuroinflammation in suicide ideation and risk have been explored. Understanding of these predisposing factors and associated pathways could help identify the risk and lead to the development of drugs/ treatment to prevent suicides.

The WHO-EURO Multicentre Study: Risk of Parasuicide and the Comparability of the Areas Under Study

Crisis ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
U. Bille-Brahe ◽  
K. Andersen ◽  
D. Wasserman ◽  
A. Schmidtke ◽  
T. Bjerke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Multicentre Study ◽  
Attempted Suicide ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Great Care ◽  
Pooled Data ◽  
High Risk Factors ◽  
Life Styles ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

The 15 areas under study in the WHO/Euro Multicentre Study on Parasuicide vary considerably with regard to socio-economic factors, culture, life-styles, etc. In this paper, the authors discuss whether the traditional high risk factors for suicidal behavior (such as unemployment, abuse, divorce, etc.) take on different weights depending on local societal and cultural settings. Results from analyzing covariations between various background factors characteristic of the different areas under study and the frequency of attempted suicide showed weak or insignificant correlations, indicating that high-risk factors can only be identified from international pooled data with great care.

scholarly journals Risk Factors of Low Birth Weight Baby: A Review

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-46
Author(s):  
Poly Begum ◽  
Md Kamrul Hassan ◽  
Aloke Kumar Saha ◽  
Tahmina Akter ◽  
Mahmuda Afrin
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Infant Mortality ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
The Developed Countries ◽  
Socio Economic Factors ◽  
Medical Risks

Low birth weight (LBW) is one of the main predictors of infant mortality. The global incidence of LBW is around 17%, although estimates vary from 19% in the developing countries like Bangladesh to 5-7% in the developed countries. About one third of delivery is low birth weight. LBW is generally associated with situations in which uterine malnutrition is produced due to alterations in placental circulation. There are many known risk factors, the most important of which are socio-economic factors, medical risks before or during gestation and maternal lifestyles. However, although interventions exist to prevent many of these factors before and during pregnancy, the incidence of LBW has not decreased.Faridpur Med. Coll. J. Jan 2017;12(1): 40-46

scholarly journals Antirheumatic Properties of Medicinal Plants: A Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-160
Author(s):  
Sana Shaheen ◽  
◽  
Raveena ◽  
Runjhun Mathur ◽  
Abhimanyu Kumar Jha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Immune System ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Autoimmune Diseases ◽  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Cartilage Degradation ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Active Compounds ◽  
Aerva Lanata ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

Medicinal plants are widely used for the treatment of rheumatism. Around 80% of world are depends on traditional medicine. Rheumatism is a chronic, autoimmune diseases, that affects own immune system and healthy tissue which are caused inflammation. Rheumatism risk factors include hormonal, genetic, environmental, and nutritional, and socio-economic factors, ethnicity, infections, smoking, and so on. In this review use of some traditional medicine plants against rheumatism such as Aerva lanata, Mahuca longifolia, Acetaea spicata, Aesculus indica, Hemidesmus ndicus, has been discussed. This review includes the mechanism of rheumatism including inhibition of cartilage degradation. Various active compounds such as lignans, flavonols, terpenes and sterols have been found in medicinal plants, which has been found to be beneficial for the treatment of rheumatism.

scholarly journals Regional Risk Factors of Pancreatic Disorders

2020 ◽  
pp. 4-9
Author(s):  
IL Ivanova ◽  
AA Vazhenina ◽  
LV Trankovskaya
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Primorsky Krai ◽  
Pancreatic Diseases ◽  
Pancreatic Disorders ◽  
Regional Risk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

Introduction: Establishing geographical features of health effects of socio-economic factors and characteristics of adaptation of certain population groups to new living conditions is important for taking appropriate preventive measures to improve the situation and for strategic planning in the sphere of health care and social development of territories. The purpose of the research was to determine priority regional risk factors for pancreatic disorders in the population of Primorsky Krai. Materials and methods: We conducted a hygienic and statistical analysis of the impact of selected socio-economic factors on the incidence rates of pancreatic diseases in children, adolescents, and adults. The database on the registered non-communicable disease incidence included the indices registered by the Primorsky Regional Medical Information and Analytical Center. The study of socio-economic factors included a quantitative assessment of data on three groups of indicators including living conditions, material well-being, and medical density over a 17-year observation period extracted from the regional yearbooks of the Department of the Federal State Statistics Service for Primorsky Krai. Results: We established an inverse relationship between pancreatic disease rates and the indices of population density, per capita income, and solvency ratio and a direct relationship with the proportion of living space in houses without utilities. Conclusion: Our findings enabled us to establish the relationship between adverse effects of socio-economic factors and pancreatic diseases in the regional population and to make a significant contribution to substantiating appropriate measures of primary prevention at the population level.

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Comorbidity in Australian Vietnam Veterans: Risk Factors, Chronicity and Combat

1998 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian I. O'toole ◽  
Richard P. Marshall ◽  
Ralph J. Schureck ◽  
Matthew Dobson
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Vietnam Veterans ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Diagnostic Interview ◽  
Combat Exposure ◽  
Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Drug Use Disorders

Objective: The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and comorbid DSM-III-R psychiatric diagnoses to determine commonalities in risk factors, relative onsets and the role of combat exposure. Method: An epidemiological cohort study using standardised psychiatric, social and health interviews was undertaken with a national random sample of male Australian Army Vietnam veterans. Interviews and searches of military records yielded risk factors for PTSD, which were examined for association with each psychiatric diagnosis. Relative onsets of PTSD and each Diagnostic Interview Schedule diagnosis were compared. Comorbidity odds ratios were adjusted for combat exposure effects using logistic regression, and the relation between each diagnosis and combat was assessed after controlling for PTSD. Results: Commonality of risk factor profile was evident for several diagnoses, and for many their onset preceded PTSD onset. Combat was independently related to only a few diagnoses after controlling for PTSD, and PTSD remained strongly associated with several conditions after controlling for combat exposure. Conclusions: The analysis suggests that the disorders that may constitute risk factors or vulnerabilities for PTSD comprise depression and dysthymia, antisocial personality disorder, agoraphobia and simple phobia, while those that may be consequent on PTSD are panic and generalised anxiety disorder, drug use disorders and somatoform pain disorder. Alcohol and drug use disorders and social phobia may have a mixed aetiology, while obsessive-compulsive disorder may be serendip-itously related to PTSD through an association with risk of combat. Gambling disorder is unrelated.

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