10. Study Of Pattern Of Suicides In Females Of Vadodara Region Of Gujarat.

K.J. Tanna, J.A. Tanna, A.K. Pathak, A. Goyal, V.R. Patil

ABSTRACT

Background & Objectives: Suicide remains one of the most under investigated and least understood phenomena. In society, it is believed that females have the best tolerance, so they commit suicide less commonly, but in the era of rising tensions and frustrations, the number of suicides in females is also rising. Since, we can interview the suicide attempters but they are quite different from the suicide completers. Method: This prospective study was undertaken at the SSG Hospital, Vadodara, between 1st January 2013 to 31st December 2013. All the Female cases of suicide were taken in to study and a structured questionnaire was given to the friends and family members accompanying the dead body, and the data were analyzed. Result: In the present study, we observed that the majority of the females (83%) were housewives who committed suicide within the home. In almost 50% of the cases, there were some kind of verbal threats of suicide before the terminal event. These results were in accordance with the studies preformed previously. Conclusion: This study can be helpful to the health authorities to form starategies and guidelines to reduce the incidence of suicide in females.

Key-words: Suicide, Females, Unnatural death, Autopsy.

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