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Comparative Study
. 1990 Jan:156:46-50.
doi: 10.1192/bjp.156.1.46.

Suicides among immigrants from the Indian subcontinent

V Soni Raleigh  1 , L Bulusu, R Balarajan
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Comparative Study

Suicides among immigrants from the Indian subcontinent

V Soni Raleigh et al. Br J Psychiatry. 1990 Jan.

Abstract

Suicides in England and Wales among immigrants of Indian ethnic origin were analysed for the period 1970-78. There were excess suicides among young Indian women, these being disproportionately more among the married. Burning was a common method of suicide among Indian women. Suicide rates were low in Indian men and the Indian elderly. A large proportion of the male suicides were among doctors and dentists.

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  • Suicide in Indian women.
    Chadda RK, Shome S, Bhatia MS. Chadda RK, et al. Br J Psychiatry. 1991 Mar;158:434. doi: 10.1192/bjp.158.3.434a. Br J Psychiatry. 1991. PMID: 2036551 No abstract available.
  • Asian suicides.
    Merrill J, Owens J, Wynne S, Whittington R. Merrill J, et al. Br J Psychiatry. 1990 May;156:748-9. doi: 10.1192/bjp.156.5.748. Br J Psychiatry. 1990. PMID: 2095961 No abstract available.
  • Suicide in Hindu women.
    Veluri R, Green VT. Veluri R, et al. Br J Psychiatry. 1990 Jul;157:149-50. doi: 10.1192/bjp.157.1.149b. Br J Psychiatry. 1990. PMID: 2397353 No abstract available.

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