ArticleSocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2017
Suicide in Nepal: a modified psychological autopsy investigation from randomly selected police cases between 2013 and 2015.
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- Psychological and contextual risk factors for first-onset depression among adolescents and young people around the globe: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Early intervention in psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Psychiatric morbidity and suicidal behaviour in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS medicine · 2019Pooled it
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- Studying Scripts of Women, Men and Suicide: Qualitative-Method Development and Findings from Nepal.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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- Suicide and deliberate self-harm among women in Nepal: a scoping review.BMC women's health · 2021Article
- Development and Evaluation of a Community Surveillance Method for Estimating Deaths Due to Injuries in Rural Nepal.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Suicide by pesticide ingestion in Nepal and the impact of pesticide regulation.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Passive sensing on mobile devices to improve mental health services with adolescent and young mothers in low-resource settings: the role of families in feasibility and acceptability.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2021Article
- The mental and physical health profile of people who died by suicide: findings from the Suicide Support and Information System.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2020Article
- Wearable Digital Sensors to Identify Risks of Postpartum Depression and Personalize Psychological Treatment for Adolescent Mothers: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Exploratory Study in Rural Nepal.JMIR research protocols · 2019Article
- Gender and Child Behavior Problems in Rural Nepal: Differential Expectations and Responses.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Suicide in Nepal: Qualitative Findings from a Modified Case-Series Psychological Autopsy Investigation of Suicide Deaths.Culture, medicine and psychiatry · 2018Article
- Interpersonal violence and suicidality among former child soldiers and war-exposed civilian children in Nepal.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2018Article
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purposeYearly, 600,000 people complete suicide in low- and middle-income countries, accounting for 75% of the world's burden of suicide mortality. The highest regional rates are in South and East Asia. Nepal has one of the highest suicide rates in the world; however, few investigations exploring patterns surrounding both male and female suicides exist. This study used psychological autopsies to identify common factors, precipitating events, and warning signs in a diverse sample.
methodsRandomly sampled from 302 police case reports over 24 months, psychological autopsies were conducted for 39 completed suicide cases in one urban and one rural region of Nepal.
resultsIn the total police sample (n = 302), 57.0% of deaths were male. Over 40% of deaths were 25 years or younger, including 65% of rural and 50.8% of female suicide deaths. We estimate the crude urban and rural suicide rates to be 16.1 and 22.8 per 100,000, respectively. Within our psychological autopsy sample, 38.5% met criteria for depression and only 23.1% informants believed that the deceased had thoughts of self-harm or suicide before death. Important warning signs include recent geographic migration, alcohol abuse, and family history of suicide.
conclusionsSuicide prevention strategies in Nepal should account for the lack of awareness about suicide risk among family members and early age of suicide completion, especially in rural and female populations. Given the low rates of ideation disclosure to friends and family, educating the general public about other signs of suicide may help prevention efforts in Nepal.
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