Citation

Chaudhury S, Murthy PS, Srivastava K, Bakhla AK, Rathee SP. Pravara Medical Review 2012; 4(4): 20-25.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012)

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Despite the increasing trend of attempted suicides in the Security Forces (SF), there is a paucity of Indian publications in this field.

AIM: To determine the socio-demographic and clinical profile of attempted suicide patients admitted in SF hospitals.

METHOD: Analysis of socio-demographic and clinical characteristicsof attempted suicide patients admitted to SF hospitals over the past decade.

CONCLUSION: Non-service related factors seemed to be the immediate precipitating factors for attempted suicide in a majority of service personnel. As compared to data from western countries the suicide attempters showed several cross-cultural differences.

Language: en

Keywords

adolescent; adult; human; Suicide; child; female; male; suicide attempt; risk assessment; comorbidity; risk factor; article; major clinical study; mental disease; controlled study; school child; hospital admission; clinical feature; automutilation; middle aged; social status; demography; Deliberate self harm; public hospital; military service; young adult; Psychiatric co-morbidity; Service population