Multiple Factors Associated with Suicidal Ideation Among Indian Adults: A Review
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It is true that suicide is an increasing serious global public health issue currently, 9 deaths per One Lacs and 1 death every 40 seconds (WHO), and it has been increasing year by year globally as well as in India, 12 deaths per One Lacs (NCRB, 2022). And the age group between 18 to 45 is most vulnerable group where the suicide rate is nearly 33% of the total suicides. Suicide is an end outcome of complex interactions between environmental, sociological, biological, psychological, genetical factors. India has also been facing a high rate of suicide from last few years mainly in young adults age group. However, research in this area is limited and need more investigation and understanding about the more complex underlying factors contributing to suicide, such as social, demographic, cultural, psychological, psychiatric, environmental and economic factors to develop effective prevention strategies, and Covid-19 pandemic also causing increasing rates of suicide in India. Suicide is not an accidental phenomenon, it has precedents of suicidal ideation, suicidal thoughts, suicidal attempts and leading to completion. Therefore, suicide ideation is a leading precursor for suicide under influence of other psychosocial, psychological, socioeconomic, biological, psychiatric, and other environmental correlates. Present review paper is aimed to identify the various variables associated with suicidal ideation by review of existing literature available on suicide attempts, suicide and suicide ideation in Indian context
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