A qualitative study on perspectives of undergraduate professional students on suicide and recommendations for an effective suicide prevention program

Background: Suicide has become a leading cause of death among 15- to 39-year-olds. Recent data suggests that one student commits suicide every 60 seconds in India. One of the suicide preventive strategies adopted is the introduction of a crisis helpline for students but the effectiveness of this sup...

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Main Authors: Arumuganathan Shanmugavinayagam, Syed Usaid, Siva Ilango Thangaraju, Sumithra Devi Sinnathambi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2023-01-01
Series:Industrial Psychiatry Journal
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Online Access:http://www.industrialpsychiatry.org/article.asp?issn=0972-6748;year=2023;volume=32;issue=2;spage=328;epage=333;aulast=Shanmugavinayagam