A STUDY ON SUICIDAL IDEATION AND SUICIDE ATTEMPTS AMONG SUBSTANCE ABUSERS

Abstract

The present study was conducted to investigate the suicidal ideation and
attempts to suicide among the substance abusers. The study sample was
comprised of 100 substance abusers (70 males and 30 females among them 18
were adolescent males, 7 were adolescent females, 52 were adult males and 23
were adult females) and selection was made by using purposive sampling
technique. The instruments used for collecting data were: (1) Personal
information questionnaire and (2) Bangla version of the Beck scale for suicide
ideation. The data were analyzed by one-way ANOVA and independent sample
t test. Results indicated that there were significant differences among the
substance abuser’s suicidal ideation and suicide attempts. Yaba abusers had
more suicidal ideation and took more suicide attempts than other substance
abusers; adult abusers had more suicidal ideation and suicide attempts than
adolescent abusers. Moreover, suicidal ideation was higher in males than
females.