Social Medicine Department, Rafsanjan Medical School, Rafsanjan, Iran.
Crisis. 2010;31(1):36-42. doi: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000005.
Recent epidemiological studies highlight that within Muslim-dominated Middle Eastern countries suicide rates are high or are increasing among young females. This paper discusses the most important reasons behind this trend.
The literature review started using the PubMed (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov) search engine, applying four keywords: suicide, young females, Middle East, and Muslim. The search strategy was complemented by hand-searching selected journals or by looking at the reference list of the retrieved papers.
All retrieved papers confirm a higher rate of suicide or attempted suicide among young Muslim females in the Middle East. Furthermore, the method chosen for suicide, psychiatric disorders, marriage, and masculine role are among the most important interrelated reasons that increase the likelihood of a young female being a victim of suicide.
Higher suicide rates among young Middle Eastern Muslim females must be considered an important issue, and their root causes should be dealt with properly and without delay.
最近的流行病学研究强调，在以穆斯林为主导的中东国家，年轻女性的自杀率很高或呈上升趋势。本文讨论了这一趋势背后的最重要原因。
文献综述首先使用 PubMed（http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov）搜索引擎，应用四个关键词：自杀、年轻女性、中东和穆斯林。检索策略通过手动搜索选定的期刊或查看检索到的论文的参考文献列表进行补充。
所有检索到的论文都证实了中东年轻穆斯林女性自杀或企图自杀的比率较高。此外，选择自杀的方法、精神障碍、婚姻和男性角色是增加年轻女性成为自杀受害者可能性的最重要相关原因之一。
必须将年轻的中东穆斯林女性自杀率高视为一个重要问题，并应及时妥善处理其根本原因。
