International Science Community Association Research Journal of Recent Sciences 2277 - 2502 4 8 2015 August 2 Prevalence of Suicide Attempts by Patients and Its Related Factors in Emergency Rooms of Kerman Medical Hospitals 30 36 EN H. Saleem 1 Department of Management Sciences, Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST), Islamabad, PAKISTAN Khan M.A. 2 Alireza Miremadi 1 Sharif University of Technology, International Campus, IRAN EtemadolesllamiBakhtiyari Ali 2 Arash Dorvash 3 Mohammad Aghania 1 Department of management Limkokwing University, Limkokwing Cyberjaya, Malaysia Peyman Attariani 2 Babak Afshar 3 Behnaz Torabi 4 Mohammad Aghaei 1 Department of Business Management, Branch, Tarbiat Moddares University (TMU), Tehran, IRAN Abdolmaleki Sobhan 2 Institute for Management and Planning Studies, IMPS, Tehran, IRAN Amin Asadollahi 3 Department of Business Management, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, IRAN MahinEslami Shahrbabaki 1 Psychiatry Department, Shahid Beheshti hospital, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, IRAN Hassan Ziaaddini 2 Institue of Neuropharmachology, Psychiatry Department, Shahid Beheshti hospital, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, IRAN Saeedi Hamed 3 Neurology Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, IRAN Khorasani Farshid 4 Neuroscience Research Center, Institue of Neuropharmachology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, IRAN > Research Paper 2014 1 21 2015 August 2 Today, suicide is known as a social problem in different countries and this problem has different reasons depending on cultural and social fabric of countries. So exploration of these reasons is essential for taking action to prevent further suicide attempts. This study was designed to determine the frequency of suicide attempts referred to emergency room of educational hospital of Kerman. In this cross sectional study, all suicide attempts referred to emergency room of educational hospital of Kerman were evaluated by 2 separate questionnaires related to demographic variables and suicide characteristics and “Beck Depression Inventory”. Data were analyzed by SPSS and descriptive statistic and Chi square test and T-test. 72% of 100 cases were female. 16 cases have moderate and 16 have severe depression and others have mild or minimal depression. The most frequent age group was 20-40 year old and the most frequent method was abusing drugs. Among drugs, NSAIDs have higher frequency. The frequency of suicide was higher among low educated (43%), history of suicide and psychiatric disorder (p=0.02) and history of psychiatric hospitalization (p=0.00001). Single people were significantly more depressed (P=0.04). The most frequent suicide triggers were family dispute, love failure and unemployment.It seems that the risk of suicide attempt in low educated single women was higher in comparison with others and single people have higher risk of depression and suicide so that more attention should be directed at theses populations. Copyright@ International Science Community Association