Etude epidemiologique des tentatives de suicide hospitalisees au chu de monastir

Seventy five suicidal attempts were hospitalised in 1984 at the UHC of Monastir. Our work has permitted us to note the frequency of suicidal attempts among women [60%]. The average age of patients was 26 years with a frequency peak between 15 and 35 years. The unemployment the mediocrity of lite conditions, and the existence of pathological antecedent constituted a suicidal risk. Concerning the used method we concluded that the suicidal attempts were in 43% of our cases medicinal intoxication. As for the reason the family conflicts were the first. Those suicidal attempts were often benign 62%. The psychiatric diagnosis concluded that our suicidal attempts were reactional in 42% of the cases expressing how intense the current socio cultural changes are

Pharmachologie de la neurotransmission cholinergique

The nervous transmission at the level of the autonom sympathic and parasympathic nervous system is essentially due to acethylcholine. Its metabolism is capable to be modified by diverse drugs, acting on the synthesis, the stockage, the activation or the liberation. The clinical application of the fondamental notions is important