Open AccessSuicide behind bars: A 10-year retrospective study
Author(s) -
Rajesh Bardale,
Pradeep Gangadhar Dixit
Publication year - 2015
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 - 10.4103/0019-5545.148531
Subject(s) - psychiatry , suicide methods , suicide prevention , medicine , cause of death , substance abuse , population , prison , injury prevention , poison control , demography , psychology , medical emergency , disease , suicide rates , environmental health , criminology , pathology , sociology
Studies conducted in several countries have found an increase in suicide rates in custody than the general population.