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. 2015 Oct-Dec;57(4):348-54.

doi: 10.4103/0019-5545.171835.

Suicide in India - changing trends and challenges ahead

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PMID: 26816422
PMCID: PMC4711233
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5545.171835

Suicide in India - changing trends and challenges ahead

R Ponnudurai. Indian J Psychiatry. 2015 Oct-Dec.

. 2015 Oct-Dec;57(4):348-54.

doi: 10.4103/0019-5545.171835.

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¹ Department of Psychiatry, ACS Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

PMID: 26816422
PMCID: PMC4711233
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5545.171835

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(a) Age group. (b) Age group (Contd.)

Figure 2
Problems with parents-in-law family and spouses

Figure 3
Percentage share of causes of suicide during 2013

Figure 4
Suicide methods

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