Trends and socio-economic determinants of suicide in India: 2001-2013.
Vikas AryaAndrew PageJo RiverGregory ArmstrongPeter MayerPublished in: Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology (2017)
The process of modernization might be contributing towards higher suicide risk in more developed parts of India. Also, increase in farmer suicides since economic liberalization might be contributing towards higher suicide rates among more agricultural regions. Furthermore, ancient sanctions towards religious suicide are possibly still influencing modern Hindu suicides.