Citation

Pillay AL, Vawda NB. S. Afr. Med. J. 1989; 75(3): 120-121.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, South African Medical Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2919324

Abstract

Although parasuicide has been widely studied, its indirect relationship with alcohol abuse has received less attention. The present study examines the incidence of alcohol-related parasuicide at a Pietermaritzburg general hospital. Over 40% of married parasuicide women cited their husbands' abuse of alcohol and its associated violent behaviour as precipitants to their self-destructive acts. However, in contrast to overseas findings, recent alcohol intake was not prevalent in the parasuicide women themselves. This difference appears to be culturally rooted.

Language: en