Gender differences among suspected suicide attempts in a rural tertiary care hospital on South India

Context: Globally, majority of suicide completers are known to be men as opposed to the majority of suicide attempters being women. Men use lethal methods more often than women who rely more on poisoning. Aims: To study the gender differences in the characteristics of the suspected cases of suicidal...

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Main Authors: Ravi S Kumar, Uzma Hashim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academy Publisher 2017-12-01
Series:Open Journal of Psychiatry and Allied Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=32284262&vnr=566691