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The British Journal of Psychiatry (1970) 116: 493-496. doi: 10.1192/bjp.116.534.493
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Suicide In Afghanistan

A. H. GOBAR M.D., D.P.M.1

1 Physician, Sanayee Hospital, Member of the teaching staff of Kabul University, Kabul, Afghanistan; Fellow, The Henry Phipps Clinic, Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, U.S.A.

A study carried out in Afghanistan evaluating suicide during ten years (1955-1964) leads to the following conclusion:

(a) With a suicidal rate of 0.25 cases per 100,000 population per year, Afghanistan proves to be the country with the lowest ratio thus far reported in the world.

(b) This variation in incidence and form of suicide greatly depends upon cultural factors such as people's deep religious beliefs, strong family ties and general social structure.

Submitted on July 3, 1969




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