Risk factors for suicidal attempts among lower socioeconomic rural population of telangana region.
BACKGROUND
Suicide is an act of intentionally causing one's own death. Number of suicidal incidences is proportional to attempted suicide cases hence if attempt cases are reduced, number of suicidal death can also be decreased and for that purpose risk factors should be identified and reduced. Therefore, this study is planned to identify risk factors among lower socioeconomic rural population of surrounding areas of Hyderabad in India.


METHODS
This was a prospective study in which all the suicide attempt cases reported at Bhaskar Medical College and General Hospital were included. The study period was from January 2013 to July 2013. They were undergone a detailed psychiatric interview, including their demographic details, and complete suicide risk assessment was done using Beck's suicide intent scale.


RESULTS
It was found that females in the age group of 20-30 years, uneducated, married and daily laborers by occupation had higher incidence of suicidal attempts. Depressive disorder is the most common associated psychiatric disorder in both the genders, followed by alcohol use related problems. Family disputes are the other major risk factors. Most common mode for attempt was organophosphorous poisoning followed by ingestion of calotropis.


CONCLUSIONS
Risk of suicide attempt is almost equal in terms of medium and high category of suicide assessment scale in both genders. We suggest that all individuals with alcohol related disorders must be screened for suicidal ideation so that appropriate methods can be adopted to reduce the risk.
Department of Psychiatry, Bhaskar Medical College and General Hospital, Hyderabad, India.
Sandeep Krishna Murthy
SK
Kosaraju
Department of Psychiatry, Bhaskar Medical College and General Hospital, Hyderabad, India.
Lakshmi Naresh
LN
Vadlamani
RIMS, Adilabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Mohammed Shakeel
MS
Mohammed Bashir
Department of Psychiatry, Bhaskar Medical College and General Hospital, Hyderabad, India.
Lokesh Kumar
LK
Kalasapati
Department of Psychiatry, Bhaskar Medical College and General Hospital, Hyderabad, India.
G L V Chalapathi
GL
Rao
Department of Psychiatry, Bhaskar Medical College and General Hospital, Hyderabad, India.
G Prasad
GP
Rao
Alcoholism; Beck's suicide intent scale; depression; suicide