Suicide in the Ukraine: epidemiology, knowledge, and attitudes of the population
| Autor: | Alexander Mokhovikov, Olga Donets |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Population Suicidology Poison control Ambivalence Suicide prevention Conflict Psychological Residence Characteristics Risk Factors Cause of Death Prevalence Medicine Epidemiology of suicide Humans Social Change education Psychiatry Communism education.field_of_study business.industry Social change Middle Aged Psychiatry and Mental health Suicide Female Rural area business Ukraine |
| Zdroj: | Crisis. 17(3) |
| ISSN: | 0227-5910 |
| Popis: | For several decades suicidology could not be discussed in the Ukraine, and so this is one of the first papers on suicide in this country. After a brief discussion of the epidemiology of suicide in the Ukraine, the authors present the results of research investigations on caregivers' knowledge about suicide, as well as an investigation of attitudes towards suicide. The principal conclusions are: 1. The frequency of suicide in the Ukraine is relatively high (24 per 100,000). The rate of suicide is much higher in rural areas than in the cities. The frequency of completed suicide is not the same in different regions of the country. 2. Sociopsychological processes in the post-totalitarian society have resulted in the development of the “Soviet syndrome” in the population. 3. Suicidal behavior in the post-totalitarian society exists in a special social, psychological, and cultural context that creates obstacles for its effective prevention. 4. Research on the level of suicide knowledge revealed a high prevalence of mythical ideas, even in those groups of the population or professional groups that should be directly involved in education and participate in suicide prevention. 5. An assessment of the attitude of the respondents toward suicide revealed an ambivalence of their feelings and attitudes that could have a negative influence on their practical involvement in helping to deal with suicidal clients. |
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