Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Background: Suicide affects all sociodemographic levels, age groups, and populations worldwide. The factors that can increase the risk of suicidal tendencies are widely studied. Suicide defined as a self-inflicted cause of death. Suicidal death indicates the socio-economical and health status of the community. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at North Bengal medical college, sirajganj and data was collected from 250 Beaded General Hospital in Sirajganj. During the period of January 2022 to December 2023 total 1250 autopsies were conducted. Among these 258 were deaths due to suicide in nature. Out of these 152 cases there were deaths due to hanging. Data was collected from the postmortem reports which were preserved in the department of Forensic Medicine with the verbal consent of the doctors who performed autopsy reports. Results: Total 258 cases autopsy of suicidal death were done at 250 Beded General Hospitals Sirajganj. Among them 58.9% (152) cases due to hanging, 31% (80) cases due to poisoning, others 10.1% (26) cases were due to burn, fall from height, firearm, drowning, road traffic accident etc. It was noticed that all suicidal deaths occurred from 10 years to all age group respectively, but top amongst age group of suicidal deaths occurred in between 21 to 30 years of people. Suicidal deaths are more common in female than male. Suicidal deaths due to hanging is highest next common causes of death due to organophosphorus compound poisoning. Suicidal deaths by hanging is more in female than male but in poisoning cases male are more victimized than female. Conclusion: In this study, it’s observed that young age group is more vulnerable to commit suicide by hanging & among them males predominately sufferer in our country. To prevent suicide, status of mental health and social wellbeing should not be ignored and socioeconomical development is needed. To improve the mental health status family bonding and counselling may play an important role.
DOI: 10.61561/c1aqbg33
Authors: Sandwip Talukdar, Zeenat Jahan, Shammi Akter, Preyanka Chowdhury, Shishir Kumar Talukder, Syed Nahiyan Mahmud Mim
Institutions: North Bengal Medical College, Begum Rokeya University
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4410507312