WHO calls for strategy to prevent a suicide every 40 seconds
5 years, 2 months ago

WHO calls for strategy to prevent a suicide every 40 seconds

India TV News  

The World Health Organization has called for developing and implementing strategies to prevent suicide and promote mental health. Ahead of the World Mental Health Day, to be observed on Thursday, Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia, said the region's member states are taking important steps to address the issue. In line with the regional strategy for preventing suicide, all the countries are working to develop and implement comprehensive, multisectoral suicide prevention strategies, she said. An estimated 8 lakh people globally commit suicide every year, which equates to around one person every 40 seconds. Singh said national policies or strategies for suicide prevention should be developed and implemented in line with evidence, best practices and international and regional human rights conventions.

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Suicide prevention techniques make no difference as US sees increase in people taking their own lives
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Suicide prevention techniques make no difference as US sees increase in people taking their own lives

Daily Mail  

Suicide prevention measures like hotlines, school curriculums, and telehealth have done nothing to slow the rate of suicide in the US, experts warn. Over the past two decades, federal officials have launched three national suicide prevention strategies, which have focused on addressing risk factors, providing follow-up care, and evaluating at-risk populations like Native Americans. Despite several measures to lower suicide …

India must focus beyond mental health to prevent suicide, says Lancet study
3 months, 4 weeks ago

India must focus beyond mental health to prevent suicide, says Lancet study

India TV News  

Every year on September 10, we commemorate World Suicide Prevention Day to increase awareness of the need to lessen stigma and promote candid discussions to prevent suicides. To reduce suicide cases in India, where over 170,000 lives are lost to suicide each year, it is crucial to focus on issues other than mental health, according to an expert in a …

Need to treat suicide as a public health problem
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Need to treat suicide as a public health problem

Hindustan Times  

Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. However, it is now well-established that risk factors for suicide in developing countries, including India, encompass a range of social issues in addition to mental health disorders. Financial hardship, fractious family relationships, domestic violence, childhood trauma, bullying, negative peer pressure, substance abuse, and lack of access to health care are among the many challenges …

Global suicide report reveals where rates are highest... as US makes shocking entry
5 months, 1 week ago

Global suicide report reveals where rates are highest... as US makes shocking entry

Daily Mail  

The United States has the sixth-highest suicide rate in the world, a grim ranking that comes amid a decades-long rise in suicides over the past three decades. The US suicide rate came to 14.1 deaths per 100,000 people, considerably lower than South Korea’s 24.1 suicides per capita, though quite a bit higher than Australia and Croatia’s 12.4 deaths per capita. …

Teaching mental well-being will reduce suicides: experts
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Teaching mental well-being will reduce suicides: experts

The Hindu  

A recent article in the Lancet has once again turned the spotlight on suicide. The aim was to establish effective surveillance mechanisms for suicide within three years and establish psychiatric outpatient departments to provide suicide prevention services through the District Mental Health Programmes in all districts within the next five years. But two years later, nothing has happened,” said Lakshmi …

From Ghana to Guyana, hope mounts in fight against suicide criminalisation
1 year, 3 months ago

From Ghana to Guyana, hope mounts in fight against suicide criminalisation

Al Jazeera  

Nearly 2,000 people die by suicide every day. The World Health Organization and the International Association for Suicide Prevention mark September 10 as World Suicide Prevention Day, to help end the stigma surrounding suicide. A lot of the countries where attempting suicide is still illegal in civil law are former British colonies, with laws based on outdated British penal legislation. …

Using a global lens to situate suicide prevention in India
1 year, 10 months ago

Using a global lens to situate suicide prevention in India

New Indian Express  

The magnitude of the suicide crisis in India is deeply distressing. To put it in perspective, the National Crime Records Bureau -- the only source of data on suicide mortality in the country-- reported 164,033 deaths by suicides in 2021 – a 7.2% increase from the previous year. Most recent reports from the World Health Organization estimate that in 2019, …

Suicide is a Preventable Public Health Catastrophe; Together We Can Tame It - News18
2 years, 3 months ago

Suicide is a Preventable Public Health Catastrophe; Together We Can Tame It - News18

News 18  

Yesterday was the World Suicide Prevention Day. Also, against the earlier trend of one Indian dying by suicide every 4 minutes, as per 2021 NCRB data, the incidence of suicide has exacerbated to “one suicide death every three minutes”. The trend of abnormally high suicides in relatively lower age group in India, not only changes “our population dividend from boon …

World Suicide Prevention Day: Here’s what we can do to save a life
2 years, 3 months ago

World Suicide Prevention Day: Here’s what we can do to save a life

Hindustan Times  

World Suicide Prevention Day was observed across the globe on Saturday as welfare organisations made an attempt to raise awareness of the issue and spread the message of hope for all. WHO said, for every suicide, there are likely 20 other people making a suicide attempt and many more have serious thoughts of suicide. As part of the campaign on …

Suicidal tendencies among teenagers a major concern, say experts
2 years, 3 months ago

Suicidal tendencies among teenagers a major concern, say experts

The Hindu  

Suicidal tendencies among teenagers have become a major concern for society, according to experts. In the backdrop of this, experts and doctors from the Maharaja Institute of Medical Sciences and police officials have planned to create awareness among the public about the importance of life by organising rallies and awareness programmes on September 10, which has been observed as World …

Suicide rate among males in Andhra Pradesh nearly triple of females
2 years, 4 months ago

Suicide rate among males in Andhra Pradesh nearly triple of females

Deccan Chronicle  

Tirupathi: It is often widely believed that women are more vulnerable than men. As per the bureau data, of total 8,067 suicide deaths recorded in Andhra Pradesh during 2021, males numbered 6,046 and females 2,021. Inability to cope with family disputes, chronic illness, bankruptcy and indebtedness, love affairs and marriage-related issues are the major reasons for suicides every year. Significantly, …

India lodged over 1.64 lakh suicides in 2021, highest ever in a calendar year: Govt data
2 years, 4 months ago

India lodged over 1.64 lakh suicides in 2021, highest ever in a calendar year: Govt data

India TV News  

Highlights NCRB has been compiling suicide deaths data since 1967 It was in 1984 that the number of suicide deaths crossed 50,000-mark for first time However, it was in 1998 that the number of suicide deaths crossed the 1 lakh-mark India recorded over 1.64 lakh deaths due to suicides in 2021 – an average of nearly 450 daily or 18 …

India records highest-ever deaths due to suicides in 2021
2 years, 4 months ago

India records highest-ever deaths due to suicides in 2021

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: India recorded over 1.64 lakh deaths due to suicides in 2021, an average of nearly 450 daily or 18 every hour, with the figures reaching highest for any calendar year so far, according to official data. Of those who died by suicide, there were nearly 1.19 lakh males, 45,026 females and 28 transgenders, data from the National Crime …

Every 40 seconds someone commits suicide; here’s how one can help contain the silent epidemic
3 years, 1 month ago

Every 40 seconds someone commits suicide; here’s how one can help contain the silent epidemic

Firstpost  

Studies reveal that suicide is one of the second leading causes of death during the second and third decades of life. Crude suicide rates across world regions Globally, the suicide rates are decreasing, from 12.9 per 100,000 people in the year 2000 to 10.6 per 100,000 people in 2016. Crude suicide rates across countries The crude suicide rates are the …

COVID-19 drove up suicide numbers by 10% in 2020; Maharashtra most affected with nearly 20,000 cases
3 years, 2 months ago

COVID-19 drove up suicide numbers by 10% in 2020; Maharashtra most affected with nearly 20,000 cases

Firstpost  

The country recorded 1,53,052 suicides — an average of 418 daily — last year The COVID-19 pandemic proved to be a killer in more ways than one as India recorded a whopping 1,53,052 suicides — an average of 418 daily — in 2020, as per the government data. The annual data released by National Crime Records Bureau showed that 2020’s …

Fewer suicides in first two months of lockdown, police figures show
4 years, 7 months ago

Fewer suicides in first two months of lockdown, police figures show

Dutch News  

There has been a sharp drop in the number of suicides and attempted suicides over the past two months, but police have been called out to deal with more ‘disturbed’ individuals, according to data collected by the 25 regional safety teams and quoted by broadcaster NOS. The number of suicides since social distancing measures were introduced are down between 15% …

Fewer suicides in first two months of lockdown, police figures show
4 years, 7 months ago

Fewer suicides in first two months of lockdown, police figures show

Dutch News  

There has been a sharp drop in the number of suicides and attempted suicides over the past two months, but police have been called out to deal with more ‘disturbed’ individuals, according to data collected by the 25 regional safety teams and quoted by broadcaster NOS. The number of suicides since social distancing measures were introduced are down between 15% …

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