AGE AND GENDER RELATED ANALYSIS OF PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS IN ATTEMPTED SUICIDE PATIENTS ATTENDING IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL OF NORTH-EASTERN REGION

Background: Suicide is a complex phenomenon with numerous influences including the individual's personality, biology, culture and social environment as well as the macro-economic and political context. Attempted suicide is a common clinical problem and makes heavy demands on psychiatric services. Clinical descriptive studies of suicide attempters do provide clinicians with important and useful information that may assist in the identification of risk factors in various age groups and different sex groups; thereby enabling appropriate clinical intervention to be implemented. Aim: To evaluate the psycho-socio-demographic variable including family history, physical illness, psychiatric diagnosis, past suicide attempts, mode of attempts in individual who attempted suicide. Methodology: The present study was conducted on 50 consecutive cases of attempted suicide attending Department of Psychiatry and cases referred from Emergency Services and other departments of Regional Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital (RIMS), during the study period. Various tools have been used for analysis 1. Semi structured Proforma 2. The ICD-10 classification of mental and behavioural disorders 3. Suicidal Intent questionnaire (SIQ). Inclusion Criteria: Those patients who attended RIMS Hospital and whose physical condition was stable and could undergo detailed assessment. Exclusion Criteria: - Patients without a reliable informant and who were not communicable due to their serious illness from suicidal attempt. Conclusion: In the present study, the diagnosis of specific psychiatric morbidity was established by assessing subjects based on ICD-10. The study includes 50 (fifty) consecutive cases of attempted suicide attending Department of Psychiatry and various other departments of RIMS Hospital. The study finding shows most of the suicide attempters belong to 21-30 years age group and suicide rate is more in males compared to females. Suicide Intent Questionnaire (SIQ) has been widely used in a number of Indian studies. For statistical analysis, chi square test was used. Keywords: Suicide Intent Questionnaire (SIQ), ASI (Addiction Severity Index), PSE Present State Examination, ICD-10(International Classification of Disease)