Open AccessWhy Do People Live or Die? A Retrospective Study from a Crisis Intervention Clinic in North India
Author(s) -
Ram Pratap Beniwal,
Manohar Kant Shrivastava,
Varsha Gupta,
Vikas Sharma,
Surya Prakash Sharma,
Sunita Kumari,
Triptish Bhatia,
Smita N. Deshpande
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 0975-1564
pISSN - 0253-7176
DOI - 10.1177/02537176211022508
Subject(s) - feeling , mood , intervention (counseling) , family history , psychology , mood disorders , suicide prevention , psychiatry , poison control , medicine , clinical psychology , medical emergency , social psychology , anxiety
Suicide results from complex interactions of various risk factors-reasons for dying (RFD)-and protective factors-reasons for living (RFL). Suicide is not necessarily a wish to die but may be an appeal for help. We analyzed RFD and RFL in persons who had attempted suicide, through their clinical records at a Crisis Intervention Clinic (CIC).