title: Suicide mortality at time of armed conflict in Ukraine.
abstract: The purpose of this review is to explore the dynamics of suicide mortality rates in Ukraine during an ongoing armed conflict between 2014 and 2015. Suicide mortality data were obtained by reviewing annual analytical releases from the State Service for Emergent Situations of Ukraine and annual release of Russian Federal Service of State Statistics. Suicide mortality in mainland Ukraine and in the Crimea region demonstrated a mild decrease, whereas suicide mortality in the regions directly involved in the armed conflict demonstrated a prominent decrease. The results of this review support Durkheim theory. The limitation of this review includes general concern about quality of data at time of armed conflict in the country.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, New York Medical College, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, USA aeyuryev@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Andriy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yur'yev
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Dnepropetrovsk State Medical Academy, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine.
authors.forename: Lyudmyla
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yur'yeva
mesh_terms: D000068337:Armed Conflicts / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014455:Ukraine / Q000453:epidemiology