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Introduction: Epidemiologic studies show that suicide and depression are among the most important mental health problems am-ong societies. Therefore this research was carried out to compare suicidal decisions and depression among the suicide comm-itted and healthy people in Ilam province. Methods & Materials: The comparative-casual study was carried out with regard to its utility for applied outcomes. The sample of research included 50 suicide committed individuals and 50 healthy people (non-depressed and non-suicide committed), referred to Imam Khomeini Hospital, Mostafa Khomeini Hospital, and Taleghani Hospital in Ilam in which the individual of experimental group were selected by the method of accessible sampling and the individual of witness group were selected by the method of cluster sampling. These groups were measured by application of BECK Depression Scale and BECK Su-icide Decision. The statistical evaluations were carried out using SPSS statistical soft-ware. Correlation between the data was ass-essed by Pearson’s coefficient of correl-ation (r) and T-Test Student. Findings: The results showed that there was a significant difference for the level of de-pression between the suicide committed and healthy groups (p<0.001). Also, there was a significant relationship between suicidal thoughts and the level of depression. (p<0.001, r= 0.79). Discussion & conclusion: The findings validated differences of the level of depression and suicide thoughts among individual of both group. Therefore in order to protect and promote mental health, it is obligatory to consider the effectiveness role of these variables in screening tests and mental health monitoring. It is strongly suggested to carry out a comprehensive study in the domain of depression and suicidal thoughts especially among the youth society and to pay more attention to forecasting role of depression and suicidal thoughts as risk factors to commit suicide in order to prevent this social disorder.

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Introduction: Suicide is caused by the interaction of many factors; however, most suicides are preventable. If suicide does not lead to death, there is concern that the behavior may be repeated. Teaching life skills based on participatory and practical learning is very effective in increasing health and early prevention of problems, as well as helping adolescents to learn positive behaviors and maintain their mental health. This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of life skill training in ego power, temperament, and suicidal thoughts among the girls and boys who attempted to commit suicide in Ilam province, Iran.
Material & Methods: This semi-experimental study was conducted based on a pretest-posttest design with control and follow-up groups. The statistical population of the research included all boys and girls aged 18 to 24 (n=212) in Ilam province who for the first time over the past six months in 2018-2019 committed suicide and were referred to the medical centers of this province. In total, 80 cases were purposefully selected as an accessible sample and were matched and assigned into (based on education status) the experimental (20 girls and 20 boys) and control groups (20 girls and 20 boys). The data were collected using the temperament scale, ego scale, and suicidal thought scale. The data were analyzed through variance analysis with frequent measurements.
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Findings: The results of analysis of variance showed a significant difference in pre-post life skill training test among girls and boys who attempted to commit suicide in Ilam province in the experimental, control, and follow-up groups in terms of the level of temperament, ego power, and suicidal thoughts. Similarly, multivariate analysis of variance showed that life skill training in group type and test status had an effect on temperament and its dimensions, ego power, and suicidal thoughts of boys and girls who attempted to commit suicide in Ilam province.
Discussion & Conclusion: According to the findings it can be concluded that life skills training has been effective in ego power, temperament, and suicidal thoughts of girls and boys who attempted suicide both in the post-test and follow-up stages.

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Introduction: Suicide is a tragic and complex public health problem that affects individuals, families, and communities. The current study aimed to predict suicidal ideation based on cognitive emotion regulation strategies, perceived social support, self-efficacy, perfectionism, and spiritual health in students at Ilam universities, Ilam, Iran.
Material & Methods: The current study was a cross-sectional study conducted in 2021. A total of 463 working students studying in Ilam universities were selected and included in the study through the available sampling method. A questionnaire was used for data collection. To determine the relationship between the variables and suicidal thoughts, the Pearson correlation test was used, and to investigate the predictors associated with suicidal thoughts, stepwise regression analysis was performed.
Findings: The research results showed a significant negative relationship between the variables of perceived social support, self-efficacy, spiritual health, and positive emotion regulation strategies (i.e., acceptance, positive reorientation, planning, positive appraisal, and underestimation) and a significant positive relationship between perfectionism variables and negative emotion regulation strategies (i.e., self-blame, rumination, catastrophizing, and blaming others) with suicidal thoughts. The highest correlation coefficient was related to perceived social support, which was the most important predictive variable in this study (r=-0.71). Perceived social support, existential health, rumination, perfectionism, self-efficacy, self-blame, and acceptance variables were able to become significant as predictive variables in the regression equation. In total, these factors explained 66% of the variance of suicidal thoughts.
Discussion & Conclusion: Based on the research findings, the variables of cognitive emotion regulation strategies, perceived social support, self-efficacy, perfectionism, and spiritual health may be important components and predictors of suicidal thoughts. Therefore, it is important to pay attention to these components in suicide prevention programs and treatment and counseling methods

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