Open AccessCharacteristics of suicidal attempts among farmers in rural South India
Author(s) -
Ravi Kumar,
Uzma Hashim
Publication year - 2017
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_6_17
Subject(s) - marital status , socioeconomic status , harm , medicine , suicide prevention , rural area , demography , psychiatry , poison control , environmental health , psychology , population , sociology , social psychology , pathology
Globally, farming as an industry is considered a high-risk occupation for suicides. Certain states in India like Karnataka have a suicide rate higher than the national average, and this is generally attributed to the farmers' suicide.