Suicidal behavior or suicide is the intentional causing of one's own death. Psychological disorders (including depression, bipolar disorder, autism spectrum disorders, schizophrenia, personality disorders, anxiety disorders), nihilistic beliefs, physical disorders (such as chronic fatigue syndrome) and substance use disorders (including alcohol use disorder and benzodiazepine use and abstinence) are risk factors. Some suicides are impulsive acts due to stress (such as due to financial or academic difficulties), relationship problems (such as broken relationships) or bullying/bullying. Those who have previously attempted suicide are at higher risk for future attempts. Effective suicide prevention efforts include limiting access to suicide methods, such as firearms, drugs and poisons; treatment for mental illness and substance abuse; careful media coverage of suicide; and improving economic conditions. Although crisis hot spots are common, they have not been well researched.
The most common method of suicide varies from country to country and is partly related to the availability of effective means. Common methods of suicide include hanging, pesticide poisoning and firearms. Suicides resulted in 828,000 global deaths in 2015, up from 712,000 deaths in 1990. This makes suicide the 10th leading cause of death worldwide.
About 1.5% of all deaths worldwide are by suicide. In any given year, that's about 12 per 100,000 people. The suicide rate is generally higher among men than women, ranging from 1.5 times as much in the developing world to 3.5 times in the developed world. Suicide is generally most common among those aged 70 and older; however, in certain countries, persons between the ages of 15 and 30 are most at risk. Europe had the highest suicide rates by region in 2015. There are an estimated 10 to 20 million non-fatal suicide attempts per year. Non-fatal suicide attempts can lead to injury and long-term disability. In the Western world, attempts are more common among young people and women.
Treatment BeterKlinic
BeterKliniek is the clinic for Integrative Medicine that bridges regular and non-regular medicine.
An van Veen (physician) and Michael van Gils (therapist) look for the cause of a condition or disease. That is where the treatment starts otherwise, as people often say, it is 'carrying water to the sea'. We call this cause medicine. Sometimes it is also desirable to treat the symptoms (at the same time). We call this symptom medicine.
Chronic disorders often have their cause in epi- genetics. You can schedule a free informative telephone consultation (phone number 040-7117337 until 1 p.m.) at BeterKliniek to discuss your symptoms so that we can provide you with further advice.
