Open AccessSuicidal behaviour of Indian patients with obsessive compulsive disorder
Author(s) -
Mohan Dhyani,
Trivedi Jk,
Anil Nischal,
Pramod K. Sinha,
Subham Verma
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.111455
Subject(s) - suicidal ideation , rating scale , clinical psychology , psychiatry , distress , psychology , obsessive compulsive , medicine , poison control , injury prevention , developmental psychology , environmental health
The chronicity, distress, high rates of comorbidity and varying degree of non response to treatment in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) may contribute to suicidal behavior. There is relatively little information on suicidal behavior in OCD subjects. Our study design is Single point non-invasive, cross sectional, clinical study of new and follow up cases.