1Residential Medical Officer Cum Clinical Tutor, Department of Chest Medicine, Malda Medical College & Hospital, Malda, West Bengal, India
2Residential Medical Officer Cum Clinical Tutor, Dept. of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
3Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, College of Medicine & Sagore Dutta Hospital, Kamarhati, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
4Assistant Professor, Department of Oncopathology, Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
5Assistant Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
6Residential Medical Officer Cum Clinical Tutor, Department of E.N.T, College of Medicine & Sagore Dutta Hospital, Kamarhati, West Bengal
7Associate Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, Burdwan Medical College & Hospital, Burdwan, West Bengal
*Contributor for Correspondence: Dr. Subir Bhattacharjee Kakdihi, Mecheda, Purba Medinipu, Pin-721137, West Bengal, India, Ph-09433238857, E mail: subir.jeet@gmail.com
Online published on 1 October, 2015.
Various researches in India failed to show diagnosable psychiatric disorders in Deliberate Self Harm (DSH). Faulty coping styles in stressful life situations are the key to the cause of this distinct type of suicide.
To study the difference in coping mechanism of two distinct group of suicide-‘Failed suicide’ and ‘Deliberate Self Harm’.
It is a cross sectional study. Seventy consecutive patients, surviving a suicide attempt, were studied for suicide intent and coping strategies, using specific scales. Grouping was done by the dimension of suicide intent. Coping strategies were looked for their significant distribution accordingly in various groups.
Median value of suicide intent was 16. 28(40%) subjects were the DSH and 42(60%) were Failed Suicide survivors. In Brief Cope scale DSH group showed significantly difference in the Emotional support (p=0.001), Positive Reframing (p=0.007), Acceptance(p=0.049), Instrumental Support(p=0.014)-coping from Failed Suicide group.
DSH group had difference in their coping mechanism from Failed suicide group.
Suicide, Suicide intent, Deliberate Self Harm, Coping
