Volume : VI, Issue : IV, April - 2017
DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF DELIBERATE SELF HARM PATIENTS IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
Dr. Roney Thomas, Dr. Mohammad Shafi
Abstract :
Objective: To evaluate the demographic profile & the method of DSH & the incidence of mortality, in patients who presented to MES medical College Hospital.
Methods: Data of 232 patients who reported to the emergency department of MES Medical College Hospital over a 5 year period (2007–2013) were evaluated.
Results: Out of 232 cases majority of the patients were in the age group of 21–40 (52.6%), 58% of cases were married. Poisoning dominated the pattern of DSH (64.7%). Mortality rate in this series of attempted suicides was 3.8%.
Conclusion: The highest incidence of Deliberate Self Harm (DSH) was among young adults and it is of serious concern as it is a strong predictor of suicide. The most common cause of Deliberate Self harm was poisoning.
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DOI : 10.36106/ijsr
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Dr. Roney Thomas, Dr. Mohammad Shafi, DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF DELIBERATE SELF HARM PATIENTS IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : VOLUME-6 | ISSUE-4 | APRIL‾2017
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Dr. Roney Thomas, Dr. Mohammad Shafi, DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF DELIBERATE SELF HARM PATIENTS IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : VOLUME-6 | ISSUE-4 | APRIL‾2017
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