Abstract:
Study of socio-demographic and clinical profile of Para-suicide cases was carried out for duration
of one year between 15th June 2009 and 14th June 2010 at Sri B. M. Patil Medical College and Hospital,
Bijapur, a tertiary referral centre in Karnataka state, South India. Knowledge of para-suicides in North
Karnataka region of South India is still limited due to lack of published data; India being a large country
with great diversity, factors responsible for para-suicide in one region cannot be generalized and may not
be the same at other place.