Open AccessStressful life events, hopelessness, and suicidal intent in patients admitted with attempted suicide in a tertiary care general hospital
Author(s) -
Suyog Vijay Jaiswal,
Abhijeet Faye,
Sarah Gore,
Henal Shah,
Ravindra Kamath
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine/journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/0022-3859.180556
Subject(s) - beck hopelessness scale , marital status , psychiatry , stressor , psychology , suicide prevention , clinical psychology , injury prevention , poison control , suicide attempt , social support , medicine , medical emergency , population , environmental health , psychotherapist
Suicide is a psychiatric emergency. Stressors in life and social variables (like marital status, family, and social support) are among the determinants of suicide. Hopelessness and suicidal intent are among the psychological variables that have shown promise in the prediction of suicide.