Gender, suicide, and the sociocultural context of deliberate self-harm in an urban general hospital in Mumbai, India (Publications)
Recognizing the complementary effects of social contexts and psychiatric disorders, this study clarifies the role of gender in suicidal behavior in urban Mumbai by considering psychiatric diagnoses an
Methods of suicide: international suicide patterns derived from the WHO mortality database (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: Accurate information about preferred suicide methods is important for devising strategies and programmes for suicide prevention. Our knowledge of the methods used and their variation across
Perceptions of gender and tuberculosis in a south Indian urban community (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) in India advocating Directly Observed Treatment-Short course (DOTS) detects nearly three times more male than female TB patients