Citation

Chandrasena R. Int. J. Soc. Psychiatry 1981; 27(2): 119-123.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1981, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

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PMID

6262267

Abstract

64 patients admitted to Kandy General Hospital, Sri Lanka, following 'self-poisoning' were interviewed. The sample resembled those from Western countries in that a major cause was inter-personal disputes, but differed from the West in that the disputes were mainly between patient and kin. Other differences were that social isolation was not a cause, agricultural pesticides were the commonest poisons used, relatively few patients were referred for psychiatric advice, and recidivism was very infrequent. An attempt is made to explain the differences on a socio-cultural basis.

Language: en