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Handbook of Suicide Prevention

Handbook of Suicide Prevention

Education

ByDr. Sheikh Shoib MD

Suicide is a serious preventable public health problem in many countries and has always been a source of apprehension and quest to human mankind. Suicide is hidden and silent epidemic, has many causative factors, studying various causative factors has always been the subject of significance for many researchers. Psychiatric illnesses are the primary risk processes that underlie the vast majority of suicide mortality and morbidity. Apart from increase in mental disorders there has been increase in suicide and suicidal attempters. Globally, an estimated 700,000 people will take their own lives annually. Number of suicidal attempts has increased more than 250% over the last 18 years especially in conflict prone area. Poisoning, hanging and self immolation are the common methods to commit suicide .Physical and mental illness , disturbed emotional relationships and economic difficulties were the major reasons for suicide and the predisposed population are women, students and farmers.. The WHO estimates that one suicide occurs approximately every minute and an attempt at the suicide is made every 3rd second, thus a number of people killed by suicide is more than the armed conflict. In all over the world committing suicide is a significant origin of cause to death.

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Publication Date
Oct 21, 2020
Language
English
ISBN
9781716549564
Category
Education & Language
Copyright
All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
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By (author): Dr. Sheikh Shoib MD

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EPUB

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