TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Socio-demographic and clinical correlates of attempted suicide
JO  - Pravara medical review
A1  - Chaudhury, S.
A1  - Murthy, P.S.
A1  - Srivastava, K.
A1  - Bakhla, A.K.
A1  - Rathee, S.P.
SP  - 20
EP  - 25
VL  - 4
IS  - 4
N2  - BACKGROUND: Despite the increasing trend of attempted suicides in the Security Forces (SF), there is a paucity of Indian publications in this field. <br><br>AIM: To determine the socio-demographic and clinical profile of attempted suicide patients admitted in SF hospitals. <br><br>METHOD: Analysis of socio-demographic and clinical characteristicsof attempted suicide patients admitted to SF hospitals over the past decade. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Non-service related factors seemed to be the immediate precipitating factors for attempted suicide in a majority of service personnel. As compared to data from western countries the suicide attempters showed several cross-cultural differences.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0975-0533
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -