Open AccessRisk Factors for Farmers' Suicides in Central Rural India: Matched Case-control Psychological Autopsy Study
Author(s) -
Manik Changoji Bhise,
Prakash B. Behere
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 0975-1564
pISSN - 0253-7176
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7176.194905
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , medicine , suicide prevention , depression (economics) , poison control , environmental health , interpersonal communication , psychiatry , psychology , social psychology , population , economics , macroeconomics
Despite more than two decades since recognition of suicides by farmers in India, systematic studies comparing various risk factors are lacking. This is major hurdle for the formulation of strategies for farmers' suicide prevention.