Open AccessFailed suicide and deliberate self-harm: A need for specific nomenclature
Author(s) -
Prakash Sarkar,
Fiaz Ahmed Sattar,
N Gode,
D.R. Basannar
Publication year - 2006
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 - 10.4103/0019-5545.31594
Subject(s) - harm , psychology , psychosocial , psychiatry , medicine , clinical psychology , social psychology
Out of those who attempted self-harm and survived, many actually wanted to die and many did not. Presently, no distinctive nomenclature exists for these two groups, which causes difficulty in understanding as well as in management and research.