TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Evaluation of psychosocial variables in patient of attempted suicide in RIMS
JO  - Journal of medical society
A1  - Debnath, A.K.
A1  - Heramani Singh, N.
A1  - Lenin Singh, R.K.
A1  - Hemachand Singh, T.
A1  - Roshan Singh, L.
SP  - 32
EP  - 34
VL  - 25
IS  - 1
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To evaluate psychosocial variables in individuals who attempted suicide and attended Regional Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital, Imphal. <br><br>METHOD: The study was cross-sectional in which 50 patients who attempted suicide and attended RIMS Hospital and fulfilled the inclusion criteria were included in the study which was conducted from November 2004 to October 2005. A semistructured interview schedule was used to find out the sociodemographic profile. Present State Examination was used for symptom elicitation and ICCD-10 was used for confirming the diagnosis. <br><br>RESULTS: Males (64%) outnumbered females. Sixty-four patient had psychiatric illness, depressive episode (28%) being the most common diagnosis followed by Alcohol Dependence Syndrome (9%). <br><br>CONCLUSION: Depressive episode was found to be commonest psychiatric illness in patients who attempted suicide.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0972-4958
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -