Suicides in Poland — etiology and scale of the phenomenon in 2008–2018

For many years, suicides have been the most tragic manifestation of social and personality disintegration in Poland and abroad. Suicide is a subject of interest for psychologists, psychiatrists, pedagogues, sociologists, philosophers, theologians, doctors, and criminologists. The article presents a statistical analysis of suicide attempts based on data from the National Police Headquarters conducted in this fi eld in 2008-2018. In this context, it presents the causes and effects of suicidal behaviour. The analysis of social groups of high suicidal risk, reasons, methods and location of suicide attempts, marital status, and education of suicides are also presented.