Falling suicide rates in Sri Lanka: lessons and cautions
<p>Among the likely major contributors to the recent decline in suicides in Sri Lanka are a reduction in widespread and ready access to highly lethal agrochemicals, better management of persons admitted to hospitals with self-harm and a decline in sensationalized reporting of suicide in print...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists
2013-12-01
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| Series: | Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry |
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| Online Access: | https://sljpsyc.sljol.info/articles/6307 |
| Summary: | <p>Among the likely major contributors to the recent decline in suicides in Sri Lanka are a reduction in widespread and ready access to highly lethal agrochemicals, better management of persons admitted to hospitals with self-harm and a decline in sensationalized reporting of suicide in print and electronic media – possibly accompanied by a shift in public attitude away from considering self-harm as a natural and expected reaction to any form of distress.Open-minded and concerned discussion should continue,to ensure that gains are improved upon. Attention needs to be paid to some measures that are gradually being eroded.</p><p>DOI: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljpsyc.v4i2.6307">http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljpsyc.v4i2.6307</a></p> |
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| ISSN: | 2012-6883 2579-2008 |