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Suicides Among Immigrants from the Indian Subcontinent

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

V. Soni Raleigh ,
L. Bulusu  and
R. Balarajan
V. Soni Raleigh
Affiliation:
Epidemiology and Public Health Research Unit, University of Surrey
L. Bulusu
Affiliation:
Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, 10 Kingsway, London WC2B 6JP
R. Balarajan*
Affiliation:
Epidemiology and Public Health Research Unit, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 5XH
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

Suicides in England and Wales among immigrants of Indian ethnic origin were analysed for the period 1970–78. There were excess suicides among young Indian women, these being disproportionately more among the married. Burning was a common method of suicide among Indian women. Suicide rates were low in Indian men and the Indian elderly. A large proportion of the male suicides were among doctors and dentists.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 156 , Issue 1 , January 1990 , pp. 46 - 50
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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