| Abstrakt: |
Nowadays, suicidal behavior reflects specifically ethical, moral, philosophical, religious, legal, cultural, social and medical issues. Suicide is the 13th leading cause of death worldwide, and in the 15-35 age group in Europe it is the second leading cause of death. In Bulgaria, this phenomenon has been studied mainly by sociologists, forensic doctors and relatively rarely by psychiatrists. The article presents a literature review on the issue of suicides in Bulgaria, the organization of the collection of information on suicide actions and the available data on attempted and committed suicides. In Bulgaria, death by suicide in the period 2009-2018 is among the 10 leading causes of death. Based on these facts, there is still a high need for effective methods to prevent and reduce suicide rates. This determines the needs of many studies, including social and clinical ones. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
