Suicide in Italy: Epidemiological Trends, Contributing Factors, and the Forensic Pathologist’s Role in Prevention and Investigation

Journal of Clinical Medicine, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 14(4), С. 1186 - 1186

Опубликована: Фев. 11, 2025

Suicide in Italy represents a serious public health problem, with significant data highlighting the urgency for prevention interventions. According to epidemiological data, two-year period 2020–2021, 7422 suicides were recorded, representing an increase compared previous years. is most extreme self-harm. The contributing factors that surround this event are multiple, typically conditions of distress or psychological distress, particular people suffering from psychiatric and/or mental disorders, such as depression. role forensic pathologist context suicide crucial ascertaining death and understanding circumstances lead suicidal act. Forensic medicine plays analysis suicides, addressing both legal medical implications. aim study was accurately describe phenomenon Italy. accuracy review very important paying attention large difference how manifests itself male population female population. different ages at which committed highlighted. geographical between North South more urbanized areas rural where analyzed. This scientific work also aimed explore pathologists contribute resolution complex investigations. Psychological autopsy investigative method used primarily cases violent questionable death, social led individual’s death. practice distinct autopsy, focuses on physical body determine cause investigating crucial, they not only but analyze implications may have main objective these gather interpret evidence can help understand influenced decision commit suicide, identifying any warning signs underlying motivations contributed suicide. approach provides valuable information prevention, enhancing mechanisms behind supporting targeted interventions future. manuscripts explanatory purpose therapeutic helping surviving relatives Knowledge messages contained notes could be useful programs.

Язык: Английский

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The psychological toll of pandemic uncertainty: decoding the asymmetric triggers of suicide during Uncertain Times

Current Psychology, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Фев. 18, 2025

Язык: Английский

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The impact of the first year of COVID-19 pandemic on suicides in a collection of 27 EU-related countries

Scientific Reports, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 14(1)

Опубликована: Июль 30, 2024

Abstract Disasters, including epidemics, have a characteristic course, both in terms of the specific events and human reactions to them. However, it is difficult predict whether COVID-19 pandemic will eventually lead an increase suicide rates. We aimed provide general pattern change rates countries linked European Union by direct comparison years 2019 2020 gender age group, grouped according predominant religions. Overall, 27 were included analysis. Incidence rate ratios their 95% confidence intervals calculated characterise annual changes incidence deaths. In almost two-thirds studied, did not increase. The largest increases observed Catholic-majority ‘mixed’ Catholic-Protestant countries, but this was significant only for oldest group (over 65 years). This even more marked within some (Hungary, Ireland, Spain) during first months pandemic. There no statistically overall death Europe. has changed significantly religion, respectively.

Язык: Английский

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Uncertainties of Economic Policy and Government Management Stability Played Important Roles in Increasing Suicides in Japan from 2009 to 2023

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 21(10), С. 1366 - 1366

Опубликована: Окт. 16, 2024

Standardized suicide mortality rates per 100,000 (SMRs) in Japan consistently decreased from 2009 to 2019 but increased 2020. The causes of these temporal SMR fluctuations remain be clarified. Therefore, this study was conducted identify the causalities underlying recently transformed Japan. Monthly numbers disaggregated by sex and social standing, political uncertainty indices, such as economic policy (EPU) government management instability (AENROP), were obtained Japanese databases. Interrupted time-series analysis performed analyze SMRs sex/social standing associated with three General Principles Suicide Prevention Policy (GPSPP) periods COVID-19 pandemic. Panel data vector autoregressive analyses investigate uncertainties SMRs. During first second GPSPPs (2009-2017), all decreased, whereas those unemployed females did not change. third GPSPP (2017-2022), decreasing trends attenuated compared previous periods. All female SMRs, except females, showed sharp increases synchronized pandemic outbreak. No male sharply increasing at males/females drastically later pandemic, while employed multiple-person/single-person household males increase during positively related AENROP EPU. Other EPU/AENROP. On contrary, Increasing generally contributed throughout observation period; however, susceptibility and/or information might have unexpectedly suppressing induced large-scale shocks (the outbreak)

Язык: Английский

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Suicide in Italy during the COVID-19 pandemic: excess mortality in 2021 among men and adolescent girls

Journal of Psychiatric Research, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 181, С. 282 - 285

Опубликована: Ноя. 28, 2024

Язык: Английский

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