Open AccessStudy on risk factors in adolescents admitted with deliberate self-harm in Tata main hospital, Jamshedpur
Author(s) -
Manoj Kumar Sahoo,
Harshita Biswas,
Sanjay Kumar Agarwal
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
industrial psychiatry journal/industrial psychiatry journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-2795
pISSN - 0972-6748
DOI - 10.4103/ipj.ipj_62_17
Subject(s) - suicide attempt , suicide prevention , medicine , personality , psychiatry , poison control , injury prevention , occupational safety and health , suicide methods , medical emergency , psychology , social psychology , pathology , suicide rates
Suicide ranks as the second cause of death worldwide among 15-19 years olds, with at least one lakh adolescents dying by suicide every year. Therefore, research on understanding the dynamics of suicide attempts in adolescents can be used as a means of suicide prevention.