Suicide among Indian Medical Students and Professionals: A 3-year Exploratory Study Using Online Google Database (2020–2022)
Background and Aims: Medical students and professionals are particularly susceptible to psychological distress due to various factors especially after COVID 19 pandemic. However, there is currently no robust reporting system for suicides among medical professionals in India. We aimed to explore the...
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| author | Gunjan Chadha Jagriti Yadav Khushboo Priti Singh Purushottam Jangid Rajiv Gupta |
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| description | Background and Aims:
Medical students and professionals are particularly susceptible to psychological distress due to various factors especially after COVID 19 pandemic. However, there is currently no robust reporting system for suicides among medical professionals in India. We aimed to explore the characteristics of suicide deaths among medical students and professionals in India over three years (2020–2022).
Materials and Methods:
We conducted a two-level retrospective analysis of online news report on suicide deaths among medical students and professionals from January 2020 to December 2022.
Results:
A total of 118 fatal suicides among MBBS students, postgraduates and working medical professionals were reported. More than 50 percent of the reported suicides were before the age of 30 years. The most common method used was hanging (49%) and the presence of mental illness (12%) was the commonest predictor of suicide among medical students and professionals.
Conclusion:
There is pressing need for a national suicide reporting system for medical students and professionals to formulate a stringent policy on suicide prevention for medical community. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e9426fec9130474db9694cc7f55e73bd2025-08-20T02:55:28ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsArchives of Medicine and Health Sciences2321-48482321-60852025-01-01131354110.4103/amhs.amhs_44_24Suicide among Indian Medical Students and Professionals: A 3-year Exploratory Study Using Online Google Database (2020–2022)Gunjan ChadhaJagriti YadavKhushbooPriti SinghPurushottam JangidRajiv GuptaBackground and Aims: Medical students and professionals are particularly susceptible to psychological distress due to various factors especially after COVID 19 pandemic. However, there is currently no robust reporting system for suicides among medical professionals in India. We aimed to explore the characteristics of suicide deaths among medical students and professionals in India over three years (2020–2022). Materials and Methods: We conducted a two-level retrospective analysis of online news report on suicide deaths among medical students and professionals from January 2020 to December 2022. Results: A total of 118 fatal suicides among MBBS students, postgraduates and working medical professionals were reported. More than 50 percent of the reported suicides were before the age of 30 years. The most common method used was hanging (49%) and the presence of mental illness (12%) was the commonest predictor of suicide among medical students and professionals. Conclusion: There is pressing need for a national suicide reporting system for medical students and professionals to formulate a stringent policy on suicide prevention for medical community.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/amhs.amhs_44_24covid-19doctorsindiamedical studentssuicide |
| spellingShingle | Gunjan Chadha Jagriti Yadav Khushboo Priti Singh Purushottam Jangid Rajiv Gupta Suicide among Indian Medical Students and Professionals: A 3-year Exploratory Study Using Online Google Database (2020–2022) Archives of Medicine and Health Sciences covid-19 doctors india medical students suicide |
| title | Suicide among Indian Medical Students and Professionals: A 3-year Exploratory Study Using Online Google Database (2020–2022) |
| title_full | Suicide among Indian Medical Students and Professionals: A 3-year Exploratory Study Using Online Google Database (2020–2022) |
| title_fullStr | Suicide among Indian Medical Students and Professionals: A 3-year Exploratory Study Using Online Google Database (2020–2022) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Suicide among Indian Medical Students and Professionals: A 3-year Exploratory Study Using Online Google Database (2020–2022) |
| title_short | Suicide among Indian Medical Students and Professionals: A 3-year Exploratory Study Using Online Google Database (2020–2022) |
| title_sort | suicide among indian medical students and professionals a 3 year exploratory study using online google database 2020 2022 |
| topic | covid-19 doctors india medical students suicide |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/amhs.amhs_44_24 |
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