Suicide: An Indian perspective

Radhakrishnan, Rajiv; Andrade, Chittaranjan

doi:10.4103/0019-5545.104793

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“…However, mental disorders seem to be less prevalent (around 60%) among those who die by suicide in some Asian countries, as shown in studies from China and India (12,102). …”

Section: Mental Disordersmentioning

confidence: 96%

Increasing Indigenous self‐harm and suicide in the Kimberley: an audit of the 2005–2014 data

McHugh¹,

Campbell

Chapman³

et al. 2016

Medical Journal of Australia

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“…However, mental disorders seem to be less prevalent (around 60%) among those who die by suicide in some Asian countries, as shown in studies from China and India (12,102). …”

Section: Mental Disordersmentioning

confidence: 96%

Increasing Indigenous self‐harm and suicide in the Kimberley: an audit of the 2005–2014 data

McHugh¹,

Campbell

Chapman³

et al. 2016

Medical Journal of Australia

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“…However, while the prevalence of suicide among the young is generally accepted, the male-to-female suicide ratio in India varies greatly, ranging from 1.04 to 1.63 according to some studies [6], while official statistics from the NCRB shows a male-to-female suicide ratio at 2:1. Patel [3] on the other hand, found a rate of 26.3 suicides among boys and men over 15 per 100,000 people compared to 17.5 for girls and womendemonstrating the need for more clarity.…”

Section: What Is Known On Who Commits Suicide In India?mentioning

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“…There exists a strong correlation between educational backgrounds and suicide risks, with the less educated accounting for 70.4% of suicide cases as recorded in the NCRB data [6]. Counterintuitively, suicide among students in India is also increasing -moving from 5.5% of total suicides in 2010 to 6.2% in 2013 [9].…”

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“…The deep-rooted stigma associated with mental disorders, coupled with limited suicide prevention and mental health services, makes it difficult to address suicide as a major public health problem in India [5]. And until recently, suicide was a criminal offense in the country -likely compelling families to report suicides as death by an illness or accidents to avoid punishment [6]. Moreover, analysis (if any) of suicide records is limited to demographic correlations.…”

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How Search Engine Data Enhance the Understanding of Determinants of Suicide in India and Inform Prevention: Observational Study (Preprint)

Adler¹,

Cattuto²,

Kalimeri³

et al. 2018

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BackgroundIndia is home to 20% of the world's suicide deaths. In India, and around the world, young people are especially at risk of suicide. While statistics regarding suicide in India are distressingly high, data and cultural issues likely contribute to a widespread underreporting of the problem. Social stigma and only recent de-criminalization of suicide are but two factors hampering official agencies' collection and reporting of suicide rates. ObjectiveAs the product of a data collaborative -the cross-sector exchange of data to create new public value -this paper leverages private-sector search engine data toward gaining a fuller, more accurate picture of the suicide issue among young people in India. By combining official statistics on suicide with data generated through search queries, this paper seeks to: 1) add an additional layer of information to more accurately represent the magnitude of the problem; 2) determine whether search query data can serve as an effective proxy for factors contributing to suicide that are not represented in traditional datasets; and 3) consider how data collaboratives built on search query data could inform future suicide prevention efforts in India and beyond. MethodsWe combined official statistics on demographic information with data generated through search queries from Bing to predict suicide rates per state in India as reported by the National Crimes Record Bureau of India.We have extracted English language queries on five topics ("suicide", "depression", "hanging", "pesticide", "poison"). For each query, we recorded the time and date of the query, the state in India from which the user made the query, and the text of the query.We have then collected data on demographic information at state level in India, including: Urbanization, Growth Rate, Sex Ratio, Internet Penetration, Population. We have modeled the suicide rate per state as a function of the queries on each of the 5 topics considered as linear independent variables. We also built a second model by integrating the demographic information on Urbanization, Growth Rate, Sex Ratio, Internet Penetration and Population, all considered as additional linear independent variables in the model. ResultsResults of the first model fit (R 2 ) when predicting the suicide rates from the fraction of queries in each of the 5 topics, as well as the fraction of all suicide methods, show a correlation of about 0.5. The correlation increases significantly with the removal of even 3 outliers, and improves slightly when 5 outliers are removed. In all cases, statistically significant correlation is reached, but the best correlation is obtained for suicide methods (hanging, pesticide, and poison), and only to a lesser extent for depression.Results for the second model fit using both query data and demographic data show that for all categories, if no outliers are removed, demographic data predict suicide rates better than query data. However, when 3 outliers are removed, query data about pesticides or poisons improves the model ov...

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“…According to World Health organization statistics, over 800,000 people die due to suicide every year and there are many more who attempt suicide [4]. The rates of suicide have greatly increased among youth, and youth are now the group at highest risk in one-third of the developed and developing countries [5].…”

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Suicide attempts among children and adolescents

Kesic¹,

Vučinić²,

Marković³

et al. 2016

Engrami

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SummaryIntroduction: Suicide is the second largest cause of mortality in the 10-24 age group. Investigation of suicide attempts among children and adolescents are rare in Serbia.Objective: The aim of this study is to analyze suicide attempts of children and adolescents who were hospitalized during the twelve -year period (2003.-2014.) in the Clinic of Neurology and Psychiatry for Children and Youth in Belgrade.Method: We retrospectively analyzed medical records of 130 patients. The diagnosis was made according to the ICD 10 criteria. Patients data (gender, age, number of attempts, suicide attempt method, time of year, prior psychiatric diagnosis, family characteristics) were analyzed using standard statistical methods ( Student's t-test and Chi Square test).Results: Gender distribution showed 77.7 % female and 22.3 % male. The mean age was 15.28 years (SD -1.834). The youngest child who attempted suicide was 9.The most common method of attempting suicide was intentional selfpoisoning by drugs (66.2 %), followed by wrist cutting (11.5 %) and hanging (10.8 %). In terms of the gender distribution, statistically significant difference was found in the method of attempting suicide (x2= 12.238; df=4; p=0.016) . The highest suicide rate was in 2013 with 18 attempts, and the lowest was in 2006 with 6 attempts. Most suicide attempts took place in the winter and also in June. 48 patients (36.9%) who attempted suicide had previous psychiatric diagnoses. 14 patients (10.8 %) have at least one member of immediate family who attempted or committed suicide.Conclusion: We confirmed previous results from the literature about gender prevalence and gender differences in method of suicide attempts. Early identification of youth at high risk for suicide behavior is very important, as well as developing specific preventive programs.

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Suicide: An Indian perspective

Cited by 209 publications

References 99 publications

Increasing Indigenous self‐harm and suicide in the Kimberley: an audit of the 2005–2014 data

Increasing Indigenous self‐harm and suicide in the Kimberley: an audit of the 2005–2014 data

How Search Engine Data Enhance the Understanding of Determinants of Suicide in India and Inform Prevention: Observational Study (Preprint)

Suicide attempts among children and adolescents

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