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Attitudes Towards Suicide in Slovenia: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Marga Kocmur

University Psychiatric Hospital, Ljubljana-Polje, Slovenia; University Psychiatric Hospital, Studenec 48, SI-1260 Ljubljana-Polje, Slovenia. marga.kocmur{at}psih-klinika.si

Mojca Z. Dernovsek

University Psychiatric Hospital, Ljubljana-Polje, Slovenia

Background: Slovenia has been experiencing a very high suicide rate (30 per 10,000 inhabitants per year or higher) and there are no data on public attitudes towards suicide in Slovenia.

Aims: To identify public attitudes towards suicide in order to expand the basis for prevention.

Methods: A Suicide Attitudes Questionnaire (SUIATT) was sent to a representative sample of adult Slovenian citizens.

Results: Some 5.2% of respondents had at least one previous suicidal attempt and 21.6% reported suicidal ideation (SI). More respondents with SI than respondents without SI reported: 1) the suicidal act as deliberated, 2) less importance attached to the mental illness in suicidal behaviour, 3) that a person has the right to commit suicide, and 4) the suicidal act as an act of cowardice.

Conclusions: Results do not allow a general statement whether attitudes towards suicide are permissive or restrictive. However, in the subgroup of respondents with SI we found a tendency towards permissiveness regarding suicide.

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Vol. 49, No. 1, 8-16 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/0020764003049001537
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