Open AccessAttitude Towards Suicide among Caregivers of Patients Admitted with Suicide Attempt to a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
Author(s) -
Prekshya Thapa,
Sami Lama,
Nirmala Pradhan,
Kriti Thapa,
Rajesh Kumar,
Madhur Basnet
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of nepal medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.176
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1815-672X
pISSN - 0028-2715
DOI - 10.31729/jnma.6246
Subject(s) - medicine , neglect , descriptive statistics , psychological intervention , suicide prevention , psychiatry , suicide attempt , descriptive research , cross sectional study , family medicine , poison control , clinical psychology , medical emergency , statistics , mathematics , pathology
Understanding the attitude of caregivers towards suicide attempters could be useful in suicide prevention. The objective of this study was to study attitude towards suicide among caregivers of patients with suicide attempt admitted to a tertiary care hospital in Nepal.