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Assessment of Psychological Distress, Suicidal Behaviour & Deliberate Self Harm in Medical Interns - An Institutional Study | |
Vijay Niranjan, Rashmi Dhakad, Varchasvi Mudgal, Deepti Rastogi | |
Introduction: Deliberate self harm, psychological distress and suicidal behaviour is found to be prevalent among students as per research from wester world, but there is a derth of research from developing countries like India despite its serious implication. Thus this study aim to assess deliberate self harm and suicidality among medical interns. Method: cross sectional study, convenient sample of 100 medical interns. Assessment included- General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12) Deliberate Self harm inventory-9R (DSHI-9r) Suicide Behaviour Questionnaire-r (SBQ-r) Along with semi-structured proforma consisting of socio-demographic variables. Results: Mean age of sample was 23.9 yrs, 52% were females and 48% males. Mean GHQ score was 13.8, 38% were distressed as per GHQ-12. Mean SBQ-r score was 4.52, 27% interns scored were above cut off range of SBQ-r, 26 % had attempted any kind of deliberate self harm. Conclusion: Index study showed high level of psychological distress, suicidal behaviour and deliberate self harm in a significant proportion of medical interns. There is an urgent need for targeted action and further research to address the issue. |
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