Open AccessSuicide prevention competencies among urban Indian physicians: A needs assessment
Author(s) -
Rahel Eynan,
Leanna Reiss,
Paul S. Links,
Ravi Shah,
TS Sathyanarayana Rao,
Shubhangi R Parkar,
Lakshman Dutt,
Kranti Kadam,
Avinash De Souza,
Amresh Shrivastava
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.171848
Subject(s) - suicidal ideation , economic shortage , mental health , medicine , focus group , intervention (counseling) , family medicine , suicide prevention , psychiatry , poison control , environmental health , government (linguistics) , linguistics , philosophy , marketing , business
India accounts for the highest estimated number of suicides in the World. In 2012, more than 258,000 of the 804,000 suicide deaths worldwide occurred in India. Early identification and effective management of suicidal ideation and behavior are paramount to saving lives. However, mental health resources are often scarce and limited. Throughout India, there is a severe shortage in mental health professions trained, which results in a treatment gap of about 90%. A comprehensive needs assessment was undertaken to identify the nature of the deficits in suicide prevention training for physicians in three Indian cities: Mumbai, Ahmedabad, and Mysore.