Explaining suicide: Identifying common themes and diverse perspectives in an urban Mumbai slum

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2037-2046

  Parkar, Shubhangi R ^a   Nagarsekar, Balkrishna B ^b   Weiss, Mitchell G ^c  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Huner Valley CAMHS   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cultural epidemiology; India; Mental health; Psychological autopsy; Sociocultural autopsy; Suicide; Survivor accounts; Urban

Indexed keywords

LOW INCOME POPULATION; MENTAL HEALTH; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDE; URBAN AREA; URBAN SOCIETY;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; FINANCIAL STRESS; HUMAN; INDIA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; POVERTY; RELATIVE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRESS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE; SURVIVORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; MUMBAI;

EID: 84866912833     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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