title: Suicide in Batman, southeastern Turkey.
abstract: The southeastern part of Turkey has comparatively high female suicide rates. We aimed to research social, economic, cultural, and psychiatric reasons of suicides in Batman in a case-controlled psychological autopsy study comparing suicides with matched community controls. The female suicide rate was 9.3 per 100.000 and the female/male ratio was 1.72/1. The suicides most frequently occurred in young females, mean age 20.7. The most frequent method (45%) was hanging. The most frequent stressful life events were health problems and family disruption. High suicide rates among females may be related to negative social status of females living in the region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Harran University Meducal School, Sanliurfa, Turkey. aaltindag@yaoo.com
authors.forename: Abdurrahman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Altindag
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozkan
authors.forename: Remzi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Oto
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology