TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Suicidal thoughts, attempts and motives among university students in 12 Muslim-majority countries
JO  - Psychiatric quarterly
A1  - Eskin, Mehmet
A1  - Albuhairan, Fadia
A1  - Rezaeian, Mohsen
A1  - Abdel-Khalek, Ahmed M.
A1  - Harlak, Hacer
A1  - El-Nayal, Mayssah
A1  - Asad, Nargis
A1  - Khan, Aqeel
A1  - Mechri, Anwar
A1  - Noor, Isa Multazam
A1  - Hamdan, Motasem
A1  - Isayeva, Ulker
A1  - Khader, Yousef
A1  - Al Sayyari, Alaa
A1  - Khader, Albaraa
A1  - Behzadi, Bahareh
A1  - Öztürk, Cennet Şafak
A1  - Hendarmin, Laifa Annisa
A1  - Khan, Murad Moosa
A1  - Khatib, Salam
SP  - 229
EP  - 248
VL  - 90
IS  - 1
N2  - There is a scarcity of research on suicidal phenomena in the Muslim world. Therefore, this study aimed at investigating the self-reported prevalence of suicidal thoughts, attempts and motives in 12 Muslim countries. A total of 8417 (54.4% women) university students were surveyed by means of a self-report questionnaire. Overall, 22% of the participants reported suicidal ideation and 8.6% reported attempting suicide. The odds of suicidal thoughts were elevated in Azerbaijan, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia, while reduced ORs were recorded in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Malaysia. While odds of suicide attempts were high in Azerbaijan, Palestine and Saudi Arabia reduced odds ratios (OR) were detected in Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Malaysia and Tunisia. Taking drugs and using a sharp instrument were the two most frequently used methods to attempt suicide. Only 32.7% of attempts required medical attention. Escape motives were endorsed more than social motives by participants who attempted suicide. Suicidal behaviors were more frequent in women than in men. Compered to men, fewer attempts by women required medical attention. Moreover, our results show that making suicide illegal does not reduce the frequency of suicidal behavior. <br><br>RESULTS from this comparative study show that suicidal thoughts and attempts are frequent events in young adults in countries where religious scripture explicitly prohibit suicide and the frequencies of nonfatal suicidal behavior show large variation in nations adhering to the same religion.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0033-2720
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11126-018-9613-4
ID  - ref1
ER  -