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Circadian variation in attempted suicide by deliberate self poisoning
No full textThe circadian rhythm of attempted suicide by self-poisoning has been investigated, showing a significant difference between day time and night time, being more frequent attempted suicides during late evening and night. Results were discussed in terms of underlying psychobiological mechanisms and of organizational consequences
The association of low serum cholesterol with depression and suicidal behaviours: New hypotheses for the missing link
No full textSeveral observational studies indicate that reduction of serum cholesterol levels is related to an increase in violent deaths and suicide but the nature of this possible relationship remains unclear. Many confounding factors, e.g. poor health, depression and loss of appetite may play a role in the apparent relationship between serum cholesterol levels and suicide. Two separate phenomena should be considered: lowering total cholesterol and low total cholesterol. This review considers the evidence from epidemiological studies on serum cholesterol lowering and psychiatric disturbances. The available evidence does not seem to substantiate the view that large-scale intervention to reduce cholesterol concentrations could lead to more violent and aggressive behaviour, and generally greater unhappiness. In recent trials using statin treatment, there were slightly fewer deaths from accidents and suicide in the treated group compared with the placebo group. We believe that clinicians should not ..
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Suicidal Behaviour And Community Mental Health Care in Emilia-Romagna (Italy)
No full textIl suicidio ed il tentato suicidio sono eventi sentinella nella rete dei Servizi Sanitari e di Salute Mentale che impegnano risorse umane ed economiche. Dal lavoro si evincono possibili linee di prevenzione del suicidi
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