Estimation of the rate and number of underreported deliberate self-poisoning attempts in western Iran in 2015.
Mehdi MoradinazarFarid NajafiMohammad Reza BaneshiAli Akbar HaghdoostPublished in: Epidemiology and health (2017)
Nearly half of individuals who attempted DSP were not referred to a hospital for treatment or denied the suicide attempt for political or sociocultural reasons. Individuals with no access to counseling services are at a higher risk for repeated suicide attempts and fatal suicides.