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    Analysis of news media reports of suicides and attempted suicides during the COVID-19 lockdown in India

    Based on previous experience there is justifiable concern about suicidal behaviour and news media reporting of it during COVID-19 pandemic.

    Soumitra Pathare, Lakshmi Vijayakumar in International Journal of Mental Health Sys… (2020)

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    Evaluation of the SPIRIT Integrated Suicide Prevention Programme: study protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial in rural Gujarat, India

    Suicide is a major public health challenge globally and specifically in India where 36.6% and 24.3% of all suicides worldwide occur in women and men, respectively. The United Nations Sustainable Development Go...

    Soumitra Pathare, Laura Shields-Zeeman, Lakshmi Vijayakumar, Deepa Pandit in Trials (2020)

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    Atmiyata, a community-led intervention to address common mental disorders: Study protocol for a stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial in rural Gujarat, India

    While lay-health worker models for mental health care have proven to be effective in controlled trials, there is limited evidence on the effectiveness and scalability of these models in rural communities in lo...

    Kaustubh Joag, Jasmine Kalha, Deepa Pandit, Susmita Chatterjee in Trials (2020)