Paraschakis Antonios, Michopoulos Ioannis, Efstathiou Vasiliki, Christodoulou Christos, Boyokas Ilias, Douzenis Athanassios
1 Psychiatric Hospital of Attica "Dafni," Athens, Greece.
2 2nd Department of Psychiatry, Athens University Medical School, "Attikon" General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Med Leg J. 2018 Mar;86(1):45-48. doi: 10.1177/0025817217727648. Epub 2017 Aug 23.
We studied a sample of suicide victims from Greece's main port of Piraeus area (population: approx. 700,000 individuals) and investigated all suicides for the 10-year period 2006-2015, collecting data from the victims' forensic records at the Piraeus Department of Forensic Medicine. Sixty-nine (15.9%) out of 435 suicides were due to drowning, 51 (73.9%) males and 18 (26.1%) females. Drowning was the third most common suicide method with most in the sea (92.8%), fewer in wells (7.2%). Median age: males 52.2 years (standard deviation (SD): 20.3, range: 27-89) and females 58.8 years (SD: 15.2, range: 32-84). Psychiatric medications: antidepressants (6 cases, 8.9%), benzodiazepines (6 cases, 8.9%) and antipsychotics (1 case, 1.5%). Other substances: alcohol (14 cases, 20.9%), cocaine (1 case, 1.5%) and opioids (1 case, 1.5%). No seasonal effect was observed for suicides by drowning. Greece, being a country with an embracing coastline, could provide a field of study for suicide by drowning.
我们研究了来自希腊主要港口比雷埃夫斯地区（人口约70万）的自杀受害者样本，并调查了2006年至2015年这10年间的所有自杀事件，从比雷埃夫斯法医部门的受害者法医记录中收集数据。435例自杀事件中有69例（15.9%）死于溺水，其中男性51例（73.9%），女性18例（26.1%）。溺水是第三大常见自杀方式，大多数发生在海里（92.8%），少数发生在井里（7.2%）。年龄中位数：男性52.2岁（标准差（SD）：20.3，范围：27 - 89岁），女性58.8岁（SD：15.2，范围：32 - 84岁）。精神科药物：抗抑郁药（6例，8.9%）、苯二氮䓬类药物（6例，8.9%）和抗精神病药物（1例，1.5%）。其他物质：酒精（14例，20.9%）、可卡因（1例，1.5%）和阿片类药物（1例，1.5%）。未观察到溺水自杀的季节性影响。希腊作为一个拥有广阔海岸线的国家，可为溺水自杀研究提供一个领域。
