Unraveling the Spectrum of Deliberate Self-harm and Survivors of Suicide

Introduction: Among people who attempt suicide, some may have intent to die and some may not. At present, there are not many studies that have compared clinical profiles based on the intent of the attempt of suicide, i.e., low-intent group (deliberate self-harm [DSH]) and high-intent group (suicide survivors). Our study aims to compare the psycho-socio-demographic profile between DSH and suicide survivors. Materials and Methods: It was a cross-sectional study. A total of 100 patients were recruited for the study. The data were collected on sociodemographic variables, psychiatric disorders, suicide intent, anxiety, and depression. Grouping was done using Beck’s suicide intent as the determining dimension. The DSH and suicide survivors were defined by the psycho-socio-demographic characteristics of the patients. Results: Two groups with different traits emerged in aspects of age, gender, education, occupation, employment, residence, method of attempts, family history of suicide, physical illness, psychiatric diagnosis, well-being, hopelessness, depression, and anxiety scores, which showed statistically significant difference ( P < 0.05) in the study. Conclusions: DSH and suicide survivors exhibit notable distinctions in their psycho-socio-demographic and clinical profiles.