Socio-demographic and clinical profile of patients with attempted suicide attending emergency services at the mental health institute in Northern India

Socio-demographic and clinical profile of patients with attempted suicide attending emergency services at the mental health institute in Northern India

Background: Attempted suicide is one of the major emergencies in psychiatry. Suicide attempts are considered to be the best predictors of an eventual completed suicide. Data of patients presenting with attempted suicide to the emergency settings at mental health institute settings is scanty in India...

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Main Authors: Vijender Singh, Dhanesh K Gupta, Nimesh G Desai, Ankur Srivastava, Rashmi Chaudhry, Anukriti Varma, Somnath Sengupta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Journal of Mental Health and Human Behaviour
Subjects:
Attempted suicide
clinical profile
emergency services
mental health institute
sociodemography
Online Access:http://www.jmhhb.org/article.asp?issn=0971-8990;year=2014;volume=19;issue=2;spage=69;epage=73;aulast=Singh

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