@article{ref1,
title="Clinical diagnostic and sociocultural dimensions of deliberate self-harm in Mumbai, India",
journal="Suicide and life-threatening behavior",
year="2006",
author="Parkar, Shubhangi R. and Dawani, Varsha and Weiss, Mitchell G.",
volume="36",
number="2",
pages="223-238",
abstract="Patients' accounts complement psychiatric assessment of deliberate self-harm (DSH). In this study we examined psychiatric disorders, and sociocultural and cross-cultural features of DSH. SCID diagnostic interviews and a locally adapted EMIC interview were used to study 196 patients after DSH at a general hospital in Mumbai, India. Major depression was the most common diagnosis (38.8%), followed by substance use disorders (16.8%), but 44.4% of patients did not meet criteria for an enduring Axis-I disorder (no diagnosis, V-code, or adjustment disorder). Psychache arising from patient-identified sociocultural contexts and stressors complements, but does not necessarily fulfill, criteria for explanatory psychiatric disorders.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0363-0234",
doi="10.1521/suli.2006.36.2.223",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/suli.2006.36.2.223"
}