Open AccessMysore study: A study of suicide notes
Author(s) -
P Namratha,
M Kishor,
TS Sathyanarayana Rao,
Rajesh Raman
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 - 10.4103/0019-5545.171831
Subject(s) - shame , suicide prevention , suicide methods , psychiatry , descriptive statistics , psychology , depression (economics) , medicine , poison control , suicide rates , medical emergency , social psychology , statistics , mathematics , economics , macroeconomics
Suicide is one of the leading causes of preventable deaths. Recent data suggest South India as one of the regions with highest suicide rates in the world. In 2013, 134,799 people committed suicide in India according to the statistics released by the National Crime Records Bureau. Suicide note is one of the most important sources to understand suicide, which may be beneficial in suicide prevention. Studies on suicidal notes from this part of the world are sparse.