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Budgets , Internet , Self-Help Groups/economics , Suicide Prevention , Cost-Benefit Analysis , Humans , Netherlands , Quality of Life , Suicidal Ideation , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Intentional self-poisoning with pesticides is a serious problem in many developing countries. It is a commonly used method among South Asians all over the world. AIMS: To describe the circumstances and characteristics of suicides in Nickerie, e, in order to gain insight into why South Asians commonly use self-poisoning. METHODS: An exploratory psychological autopsy study was conducted among 19 survivors of 13 suicides in the Nickerie district in Suriname. RESULTS: Impulsivity plays an important role in self-poisonings, as well as aggression and easy accessibility of pesticides. CONCLUSIONS: Possible answers to the question why South Asians often use self-poisoning as a method for suicide may be found in culture, upbringing, styles of communication and genetics. However, more research is needed to further explore these hypotheses.
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Cause of Death , Developing Countries , Ethnicity/statistics & numerical data , Impulsive Behavior/ethnology , Impulsive Behavior/mortality , Pesticides/poisoning , Poisoning/ethnology , Poisoning/mortality , Suicide, Attempted/ethnology , Suicide, Attempted/statistics & numerical data , Suicide/ethnology , Suicide/statistics & numerical data , Adult , Asia, Southeastern/ethnology , Asphyxia/epidemiology , Asphyxia/ethnology , Asphyxia/psychology , Cross-Cultural Comparison , Cross-Sectional Studies , Ethnicity/psychology , Female , Humans , Impulsive Behavior/psychology , Male , Motivation , Poisoning/psychology , Sex Factors , Suicide/psychology , Suicide, Attempted/psychology , SurinameABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: The internet can provide valuable support for persons with suicidal tendencies. By means of the Google search engine we found and categorised 153 Dutch websites dealing with suicide. The websites relating to suicide prevention (n = 23) were scored for quality against a list of 17 quality features. The standard of the Dutch online suicide prevention websites is not optimal. Improvement is needed particularly in the field of e-help, and interactive possibilities need to be extended.
