Risk Factors for Suicide in Wives of Military Personnel

Autor:	PK Chakraborty, T Madhusudan, S Chaudhury
Rok vydání:	2008
Předmět:	business.industry social sciences General Medicine urologic and male genital diseases medicine.disease humanities Completed Suicide Military personnel behavior and behavior mechanisms medicine population characteristics Original Article Medical emergency business
Zdroj:	Medical Journal Armed Forces India. 64:127-128
ISSN:	0377-1237
DOI:	10.1016/s0377-1237(08)80053-6
Popis:	An increasing trend in attempted and completed suicide amongst wives of serving personnel was observed.A questionnaire designed to elicit the known risk-factors for suicide, suicide attempts and suicidal ideation by women in the Indian context was administered to 222 wives of Indian military personnel living in a garrison with their husbands.A large number (28%) of the sample were child-less. Alcoholism in husband was reported by 22 women and domestic violence by four. Six had been bereaved in the past year. Chronic illness was reported by 10 women and psychiatric illness by four.Wives of military personnel may need targeted community interventions focusing on the risk factors for suicide.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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