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Name | Suicidal Ideation & Psychosocial factors, Is causal relation biologically acceptable?. |
Description | Original article:- Madhav Raje1, Sangeeta Mule2. 1 MD (FMT), DFM (Family Medicine), DPM (Psychological Medicine), BA (Psychology),MA (Philosophy),DPC (Counseling), Consultant Psychiatrist& Psychotherapist, Nagpur,India. 2 Sangeeta Mule, BA (Psychology), MSW. Psychosocial Worker, Lata Mangeshkar Hospital, Hingana, Nagpur,India.
Abstract:- Introduction: In view of rising suicidal tendencies/attempts (1) study was designed to assess causal relationship of Psychosocial factors in suicidal ideation (2). It is assumed that unless psychosocial factors are treated suicide cannot be totally prevented. Method: All patients of SI were interviewed in detail in Psychiatry OPD of LMH Nagpur. Variable, psychosocial factors were (i) Alcohol abuse (ii) Financial Problems (iii) Domestic Violence (iv) Divorce or marital Separation, against which SI were measured. Data was collected through semi-structured psychiatric & psychosocial assessment. Brief psychotherapy was offered to female careers. Results: Out of 75 patients 49% disclosed psychosocial stressors. 20% patients’ revealed h/o Alcohol abuse & 14% patients disclosed financial problems. Variable, Alcohol Abuse composed of female patients who were victimized by their alcoholic husbands/family members. Domestic violence & Divorce implicated 5.33% patients each while 4% suffered from bereavement. Faulty-cognition of female careers was observed changing. Discussion: Alcohol abuse was found to trigger various psychosocial factors directly or indirectly. This study revealed 50% of Alcohol abuse cases belong to female careers. Brief psychotherapy given by clinician was found beneficial. Correction & building of cognition of female career was seen to attribute reduction in SI. Conclusion: Psychosocial factors were implicated for SI among 49% patients. Alcohol was the major risk factor to cause SI directly or indirectly. Impact of attribution of psychosocial factors on SI was almost similar to that of disease process. Biological impact of psychosocial factors especially on female careers was observed.
Keywords:- Suicidal Ideation, Attribution, Faulty Cognition, Psychosocial factors, Female career. |
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