Citation

Vijayakumar L, Thilothammal N. Crisis 1993; 14(1): 43-46.

Affiliation

VHS in Kotturpuram, Madras, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, International Association for Suicide Prevention, Publisher Hogrefe Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8504674

Abstract

Suicide pacts in an Indian population were studied through police records of the state of Tamul Nadu. A total of 148 suicide pacts, involving 324 persons, were identified. More women died in them than might be expected from general population figures. Social stressors like financial problems and marriage-related issues were the principal causes. The results and their implications are discussed and compared with those obtained in Western and other Eastern countries.

Language: en