Suicide a N D Attempted Suicide in Sri Lanka
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W . P. DE SUVA Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sri Lanka, Colombo Campus. SUMMARY The annual figures for deaths from suicide in Sri Lanka greatly exceed the total of sudden deaths due to homicide and accidents. A study of the suicide pattern in Sri Lanka indicates that the rate has risen sharply over the past two decades. The rate for the island has surpassed the rates o f some Western countries like Britain and the U.S.A. and has approached the higher rates prevalent in several other European countries. This notable increase in the suicide rate seems to parallel the rapid growth of population as well as socio-economic trans formations and upheavals taking place in our traditional way of life fnllcv.ing independence.
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