Self-immolation a common suicidal behaviour in eastern Sri Lanka
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Self-immolation a common suicidal behaviour in eastern Sri Lanka.
A high number of self-burning injuries are noted in Batticaloa. The epidemiology, outcome and psychosocial aspects of 87 patients admitted with such burns over a 2-year-period was studied. The patients were compared with accidental burns and patients using other methods of suicide. Seventy nine percent of the victims were females and 72% were in the 15-34 years age-group. Most had marital probl...
متن کاملPrevalence of suicidal ideation in Sri Lanka.
BACKGROUND Suicidal ideation can often lead to suicide attempts and completed suicide. Studies have shown that Sri Lanka has one of the highest rates of suicide in the world but so far no studies have looked at prevalence of suicidal ideation in a general population in Sri Lanka. AIMS We wanted to determine the prevalence of suicidal ideation by randomly selecting six Divisional Secretariats ...
متن کاملRCT of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy in active suicidal ideation-as feasibility study in Sri Lanka
Background and Objectives: With one of the highest rates of suicide in the world and high rates of suicidal ideation in the population, we set out to pilot a study to ascertain whether it is possible to conduct a randomised controlled trial. Secondly we aimed to study whether Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for suicidal ideation is better than treatment as usual (TAU). Method: Those with su...
متن کاملRelationship between Emotional Intelligence and Suicidal Ideation in Sri Lanka
The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Suicidal Ideation of Sri Lankan population. Participants were recruited through convenience sampling method that consist 12 subjects, 6 per each gender. Qualitative mixed method was adopted as the method of study. Emotional intelligence Scale (EIS) by Schutte et al (1998) was used to measure Emotional...
متن کاملIslam, Politics and Violence in Eastern Sri Lanka
This article bridges Sri Lankan studies and the academic debate on the relation between contemporary Islam and politics. It constitutes a case study of the Muslim community in Akkaraipattu on Sri Lanka’s war-ridden east coast. Over two decades of ethnically colored conflict have made Muslim identity of paramount importance, but the meanings attached to that identity vary substantively. Politici...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Burns
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0305-4179
DOI: 10.1016/s0305-4179(02)00047-5