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Bulletin of Clinical Psychopharmacology, Vol: 21, Supplement: 2, 2011 - www.psikofarmakoloji.org
Poster Presentations
[PP-042] Ref. No: 238
Suicide rate in Oman in the period between January 2000 and December 2010
Saif Salam Al Hashmi, Ahmed Ali Al Sabri, Nasser Mubarak Al Felati
Armed forces hospital, Muscat, Oman
E-mail: nouralmanar@gmail.com
Background: Suicide rates have been explored in different parts of the world, including many Arab /Islamic countries. To our knowledge,
no study has been conducted in Oman so far.
Objective: To examine the rate of suicide in the Sultanate of Oman in a ten year period (2000-2010).
Method: The data kept at the Royal Oman Police Forensic Department were queried for the presence of suicide as a cause of death for a
10 year period (2000-2010)
Results: The total number of suicide cases in Oman in that period was 599, with 59.9 cases every year. Omanis account for 8.7 cases every
year.
Conclusion: Based on our data the suicide rate in Oman was found to be 2 /100,000 /year. This puts Oman in the group of low suicide
rate countries in the world.
Key words: Suicide rate, Oman, ten year period
Bulletin of Clinical Psychopharmacology 2011;21(Suppl. 2):S145
[PP-043] Ref. No: 179
The effect of the recitation of the Quran on depressed patients in the psychiatry
department of Moradi hospital in Rafsanjan (IRAN)
Ali Ansari, Tayebeh Negahban, Ahmad Reza Sayyadi
Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences
E-mail: shibonraf@yahoo.com
Background and Objective:: Depression is a common psychiatric disorder and has a huge impact on human life. Data published in
scientific sources suggest that about one hundred million cases are diagnosed annually. Depression comprises about 35 to 45% of
all mental disorders in Iran. Unfortunately, this figure is rising day by day and it is necessary to look for new and modern methods for
treatment and prevention of this psychiatric disorder. One of the non- medicinal methods of treatment is music therapy, which seems to
be a safe and effective therapeutic method. Reading the Koran with a pleasant voice can be regarded as a kind of agreeable Gnostic music.
The main purpose of this research was to determine the effect of the recitation of the Koran on depression.
Methods: This study was a semi-experimental one and included all the depressed patients who had been hospitalized in the psychiatry
department of the Rafsanjan Moradi Center. The sampling time period was one year. The patients were divided into two groups randomly,
(30 people in the experimental and 30 in the control group). The selection of the subjects was based on the psychiatrist’s diagnosis, Beck’s
depression scale and the condition of the patients. The questionnaires were filled out for the case group. Recitation of Yousof Verse of
the Koran by Abdolbaset, was transmitted for the case group, for 15 minutes every other day for 7 sessions. At the end of the first two
weeks of hospitalization, both of the groups were retested by another questionnaire and the results were analyzed by paired t- test and
Student’s t test by EPI6.
Results: The result of this research showed that the Koran reciting had a beneficial effect on the depressed patients (p