Psychological assessment of patients referred to the psychiatry unit of a tertiary care hospital with suicide attempt

Background: Suicide is a social burden and 3rd leading cause of death among the youth worldwide. A few studies have shown that Borderline personality disorder and Histrionic personality disorder are the most likely amongst the personality disorders to predispose patients to suicide. Not many studies...

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Main Authors: Lakshmi Swetha Nekkanti, Anurag Srivastava
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Telangana Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.tjpipstsb.org/article.asp?issn=2455-8559;year=2015;volume=1;issue=1;spage=37;epage=42;aulast=Nekkanti;type=0