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Farewell to the World: Suicide Notes from Turkey
Author(s) -
Demirel Birol,
Akar Taner,
Sayin Aslihan,
Candansayar Selçuk,
Leenaars Antoon A.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1521/suli.2008.38.1.122
Subject(s) - islam , suicide rates , order (exchange) , suicide methods , suicide prevention , psychology , history , poison control , medicine , medical emergency , economics , finance , archaeology
There has been limited study of suicide in Islamic countries. This paper marks the first study of suicide notes in Turkey, an Islamic country. Using a classification scheme, 49 suicide notes (a rate of 34.5%) were studied. The results show that note writers do not differ greatly from other suicides. Further analysis of younger (<40) and older (>40) suicide note writers reveal few significant differences. Our results, together with the results of classification studies in different countries, suggest that caution is in order in transposing findings from one country to other countries. Future study of suicide notes should, in fact, focus on cross‐cultural investigation.