Open AccessSuicide prevention is possible: A perception after suicide attempt
Author(s) -
Dushad Ram,
M S Darshan,
T.S. Sathyanarayana Rao,
Abhijit R. Honagodu
Publication year - 2012
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 - 10.4103/0019-5545.99535
Subject(s) - suicide attempt , suicide prevention , suicide methods , psychiatry , test (biology) , medicine , injury prevention , perception , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , clinical psychology , psychology , medical emergency , suicide rates , neuroscience , paleontology , biology
Suicide is a preventable cause of death, inspite of which its incidence is increasing worldwide. Very few studies are done to know the perception of suicide attempters regarding prevention of their suicide attempt. Such information may be helpful in implementing preventive strategies. This study was done to find out whether those who attempted suicide and recovered perceived that their suicide attempt could have been prevented or not.