Open AccessSociodemographic profile of suicide attempters among the rural agrarian community of central India
Author(s) -
Kriti Mishra,
Neha Gupta,
Sneha Bhabulkar
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
industrial psychiatry journal/industrial psychiatry journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-2795
pISSN - 0972-6748
DOI - 10.4103/0972-6748.181720
Subject(s) - agrarian society , socioeconomics , suicide prevention , rural community , geography , poison control , psychology , medical emergency , medicine , sociology , agriculture , archaeology
Suicides, attempted suicides and different form of suicidal behaviors are on the rise in most part of the world. It is generally assumed that official suicidal rate are underestimated from the true rate by 20-100 % due to prevailing socio-cultural issues, religious attitude, stigma attached, and legal process involved. Attempted suicides occur 8-20 times more frequently than complete suicide. Statistics on attempted suicide or deliberate self harm are not usually available officially.