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         2012 1.      Sanjay Kumar, Jugal Kishore. Inequity in Indian Healthcare: An analysis of women’s health. Saarbrücken : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. Germany 2012. ISBN -13: 978-3-659-19185-5; ISBN – 10: 365919185x; EAN: 9783659191855 2.      Jugal  Kishore. Female Feticide: An Instigation of female status. Saarbrücken : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. Germany 2012. ISBN -13: 978-3-659-15473-7; ISBN – 10: 3659154733; EAN: 9783659154737 3.      Nupur Agarwal, Jugal Kishore, GK Ingle. How to prevent and manage your low back pain: A guide for healthy posture and lifestyle. ISBN 978-3-659-15872-8, Paperback, pp80. Saarbrücken : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. Germany 2012.   4.       Suman Lata, Jugal Kishore, Gurmeet Singh. Breastfeeding and College Girls: An exploratory study to assess the knowledge and attitude of College girls regarding breastfeeding. SBN 978-3-8484-9882-6, Paperback. Saarbrücken : LAP LAMBERT Aca

Background Suicide is becoming a public health problem and this act starts with suicidal ideation that is increasing amongst the younger age group, particularly students. However, little is known about this problem amongst medical students in India Method  A cross sectional study was carried out on 265 undergraduate students of a medical college in Delhi using pre-tested and self-administered questionnaire consist of socio-demographic profile, risk factors for suicide, and a validated scale to assess suicidal ideation and thought. Analysis was done using Microsoft Excel and WHO EPI-INFO 2005. Results The prevalence of suicidal ideation amongst medical students was 53.6%. Although everybody was aware of the meaning of suicide and the damage that it could cause to the individual and family, still 4.9% students seriously contemplated suicide and 2.6% have attempted suicide at least once in their life. Suicidal ideation was highest in first pr