Journal of Addiction Research & Therapy
Open Access

Review Article

Suicide: A Complex Phenomenon, Risk Assessment, a Dilemma of Emergency Room Physicians

¹Nassau University Medical Center, USA

²Foundation University Medical College, USA

³University of Minnesota School of Public Health, USA

⁴FMH College of Medicine and Dentistry, USA

⁵Yale University PET Center, USA

⁶Liaquat Medical and Dentistry College, USA

⁷Howard University Hospital, USA

⁸S.S.R.Medical College, USA

⁹NYU Langone Medical Center, USA

¹⁰Tver State Medical Academy, USA

¹¹Meenakshi Medical College and Research Institute, India

¹²Stanford University School of Medicine, USA

Corresponding Author:

Mariyah Hussain
Foundation University Medical College, United States
Tel: 8324908395
E-mail: dr_mm786@hotmail.com

Received date: August 10, 2015 Accepted date: September 24, 2015 Published date: September 30, 2015

Citation: Ahmed S, Hussain M, Virani S, Dar S, Sreeram V, et al. (2015) Suicide: A Complex Phenomenon, Risk Assessment, a Dilemma of Emergency Room Physicians. J Addict Res Ther 6:245. doi:10.4172/2155-6105.1000245

Copyright: © 2015 Ahmed S, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Worldwide, suicide remains a huge public health and social dilemma resulting in the loss of approximately one million lives each year. It is one of the three leading causes of death among the most economically productive age group, i.e., 15-44 years and the second leading cause among the youth. The greatest burden is borne by the low and middle-income countries, ill-equipped to deal with the mental health issues of their populations. High-income countries replete with resources are also struggling with the issue because of inaccessible services or lack of reinforcement of preventative policies. This paper summarizes the theoretical bases of suicide to help better understand the motivations of the most vulnerable groups. In addition, it provides an overview of risk factors and assessment tools. Further, it lays down the guidelines for preventative and management strategies. The aim is to assist clinicians in addressing specific underlying causes of suicidal behaviors and developing quick and effective action plans to help those in dire need.