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- J Hettiarachchi and G C Kodituwakku.
- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Galle, Sri Lanka.
- Int J Soc Psychiatry. 1989 Jan 1; 35 (2): 204-8.
AbstractSri Lanka is a developing Asian country with high suicide rate due to self poisoning, related to a high fatality rate. A study of motivational aspects of self poisoning in 97 consecutive patients showed that there is no greater intention of suicide in them than those from the developed countries. Interpersonal disputes involving domestic problems and love affairs are the main precipitating causes. Improving family relations may help in the prevention of self-poisoning. However the impulsive nature of the act might prove prevention a difficult task.
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