ATTEMPTED SUICIDES IN MADRAS

This study pertains to eighty six suicide attempters. The findings indicated that in both sexes the peak age group was 15 - 20 years, followed by 21 - 25 years. Organophosphorous compounds were found to have been used by a large number of attempters. 23.25% of our sample had contemplated on this act...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ponnudurai, R., Jeyakar, J., Saraswathy, M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1986
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3172501/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21927143
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Sumario:This study pertains to eighty six suicide attempters. The findings indicated that in both sexes the peak age group was 15 - 20 years, followed by 21 - 25 years. Organophosphorous compounds were found to have been used by a large number of attempters. 23.25% of our sample had contemplated on this act even prior to this episode. Alcohol was found to be an important factor behind 10.46% of cases. The scores on Eysenck Personality Questionnaire indicated that extraversion was predominantly found in our cases of attempted suicides whereas most of them scored very low on P scale.

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