Sociodemographic profile of suicide attempters among the rural agrarian community of central India | Zendy

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Sociodemographic profile of suicide attempters among the rural agrarian community of central India

Author(s) -

KshirodKumar Mishra,

Neha Gupta,

Sneha Bhabulkar

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

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.

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