TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - Attempted suicide in himachal pradesh
JO  - Indian journal of psychiatry
A1  - Sharma, R. C.
SP  - 50
EP  - 54
VL  - 40
IS  - 1
N2  - Seventy five cases of attempted suicide were studied over a period of one and half years (from January 1996 to June 1997). The findings revealed that 85.4% cases were in the age group 15-54 years. Females (53.4%) and unmarried (52%) attempted suicide more often. House wives (32%) and students (28%) were the two commonest occupational categories involved. Organophosphorus compounds were consumed by a vast majority (74.7%) of the cases. Psychiatric disorder (46.7%), quarrel with spouse/in-laws (13.4%), quarrel with parents/sibs (12%) and failure in love (10.6%) were the most common causes of attempted suicide while no cause could be determined in 14.7% of the cases. A need to launch suicide preventive measures and restriction in the sale of organophosphorus compounds is stressed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0019-5545
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -