PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS OF SELF POISONING CASES : A GENERAL HOSPITAL STUDY

Attempted suicide due to overdose with toxic chemicals and medication is on the rise. Among the survivors of attempted suicide, the most frequent psychiatric diagnosis when analysed post hoc, seems to be reactive depression and personality disorders. We conducted a retrospective study of patients wh...

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Autores principales: Galgali, R.B., Rao, Sanjeev, Ashok, M.V., Appaya, P., Srinivasan, K.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1998
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2966600/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21494481
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author Galgali, R.B.
Rao, Sanjeev
Ashok, M.V.
Appaya, P.
Srinivasan, K.
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Rao, Sanjeev
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description Attempted suicide due to overdose with toxic chemicals and medication is on the rise. Among the survivors of attempted suicide, the most frequent psychiatric diagnosis when analysed post hoc, seems to be reactive depression and personality disorders. We conducted a retrospective study of patients who attempted suicide by self poisoning in a teaching general hospital. The most frequent LCD. 10 psychiatric diagnosis among them was adjustment disorder. Insecticides containing organophosphorous compounds were the most frequent self administered toxic compound. The reported stressful factors were also studied.
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spelling pubmed-29666002011-04-14 PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS OF SELF POISONING CASES : A GENERAL HOSPITAL STUDY Galgali, R.B. Rao, Sanjeev Ashok, M.V. Appaya, P. Srinivasan, K. Indian J Psychiatry Original Article Attempted suicide due to overdose with toxic chemicals and medication is on the rise. Among the survivors of attempted suicide, the most frequent psychiatric diagnosis when analysed post hoc, seems to be reactive depression and personality disorders. We conducted a retrospective study of patients who attempted suicide by self poisoning in a teaching general hospital. The most frequent LCD. 10 psychiatric diagnosis among them was adjustment disorder. Insecticides containing organophosphorous compounds were the most frequent self administered toxic compound. The reported stressful factors were also studied. Medknow Publications 1998 /pmc/articles/PMC2966600/ /pubmed/21494481 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Original Article
Galgali, R.B.
Rao, Sanjeev
Ashok, M.V.
Appaya, P.
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PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS OF SELF POISONING CASES : A GENERAL HOSPITAL STUDY
title PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS OF SELF POISONING CASES : A GENERAL HOSPITAL STUDY
title_full PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS OF SELF POISONING CASES : A GENERAL HOSPITAL STUDY
title_fullStr PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS OF SELF POISONING CASES : A GENERAL HOSPITAL STUDY
title_full_unstemmed PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS OF SELF POISONING CASES : A GENERAL HOSPITAL STUDY
title_short PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS OF SELF POISONING CASES : A GENERAL HOSPITAL STUDY
title_sort psychiatric diagnosis of self poisoning cases : a general hospital study
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2966600/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21494481
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