Three years into pandemic, Himachal reports 14% decline in suicide cases
1 year, 8 months ago

Three years into pandemic, Himachal reports 14% decline in suicide cases

The Hindu  

The spurt in the number of suicides witnessed in the immediate wake of the COVID pandemic due to job loss, poor health, and uncertainty about the future, has relented a little, declining by 14% from 889 in 2021 to 758 in 2022. As per the data procured from the police department, 709 persons died by suicide in 2019 with the number rising to 855 and 889 in 2020 and 2021 respectively during the peak COVID 19 pandemic. The suicide cases were attributed to marriage-related issues, financial issues, drug addiction, sickness, unemployment, unsuccessful love affairs, and other family problems. "We had brought the suicide cases under radar and started a Register Number 27 to keep a record of suicide cases and analyse the reasons behind such extreme steps and started interventions through health and social justice department to take remedial measures which has yielded results," DGP Sanjay Kundu told PTI. Former Himachal Pradesh State Mental Health Authority CEO and mental health expert Dr Sanjay Pathak, who retired on March 31 this year, attributed the tapering of suicide cases to fading of COVID trauma and attendant depression.

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India must focus beyond mental health to prevent suicide, says Lancet study
3 months, 2 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, 2 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 …

India’s student suicide rate has surpassed overall trend, population growth rate: Report
3 months, 3 weeks ago

India’s student suicide rate has surpassed overall trend, population growth rate: Report

The Hindu  

Incidents of student suicides in India have grown at an alarming annual rate, surpassing the population growth rate and overall suicide trends, according to a new report. Based on the National Crime Records Bureau data, the ‘Student suicides: An epidemic sweeping India’ report was released on Wednesday at the Annual IC3 Conference and Expo 2024. The report pointed out that …

India's student suicide rate has surpassed overall trend, population growth rate: Report
3 months, 3 weeks ago

India's student suicide rate has surpassed overall trend, population growth rate: Report

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Incidents of student suicides in India have grown at an alarming annual rate, surpassing the population growth rate and overall suicide trends, according to a new report. The report pointed out that while the overall suicide numbers increased by 2 per cent annually, student suicides cases surged by 4 per cent, despite a likely "under reporting" of student …

Teaching mental well-being will reduce suicides: experts
4 months, 4 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 …

Gone too soon — the subject of youth suicide in India
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Gone too soon — the subject of youth suicide in India

The Hindu  

Suicide is the tragic and untimely loss of human life, all the more devastating and perplexing because it is a conscious volitional act. Suicide in young people is best understood as multidetermined and the result of interaction between biological, psychological, familial, and social cultural factors. A current review of adolescent suicides in India shows that the most commonly reported risk …

Poverty drove many to die by suicide in AP
1 year ago

Poverty drove many to die by suicide in AP

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Poverty drove many poor persons to die by suicide in Andhra Pradesh in 2022, as per the NCRB report released this week. Andhra Pradesh recorded a suicide rate of 16.8 per cent with 8,908 persons ending their lives in 2022, registering an increase of 10.4 per cent compared to 2021, a year that recorded 8,067 suicides, NCRB data has …

Delhi records 3,367 suicide cases in 2022: NCRB data
1 year ago

Delhi records 3,367 suicide cases in 2022: NCRB data

Hindustan Times  

Delhi recorded a 22 per cent on-year jump in suicide cases in 2022, the latest NCRB data showed. In 2022, of the 3,367 people who died by suicide, 842 were women and 2,525 men. According to an analysis of the National Crime Records Bureau's Accidental Deaths and Suicides Report, there were 3,367 suicide cases reported in Delhi in 2022. The …

One-third of all 2022 suicides were of daily wage earners, farmers: NCRB report
1 year ago

One-third of all 2022 suicides were of daily wage earners, farmers: NCRB report

The Hindu  

India reported a total of over 1.7 lakh suicides in 2022, nearly one-third of whom were daily wage earners, agricultural labourers, and farmers, according to the National Crime Record Bureau’s Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India 2022 report. The latest Crime in India report showed an overall increase in crimes and atrocities committed upon Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes persons, …

With 12 Deaths Per Month, India Losing More CAPF Personnel to Suicides Than in Action - News18
1 year, 2 months ago

With 12 Deaths Per Month, India Losing More CAPF Personnel to Suicides Than in Action - News18

News 18  

As many as 12 jawans of the Central Armed Police Forces are dying by suicide per month on an average — much more than those being killed in action — Ministry of Home Affairs data analysed by News18 shows. Since January 2020, at least 507 suicide cases have been reported in the CAPFs, ministry data up to July 2023 shows …

What’s killing our students? Understanding the Causes of Student Suicides
1 year, 3 months ago

What’s killing our students? Understanding the Causes of Student Suicides

The Hindu  

Published : Sep 21, 2023 11:00 IST - 13 MINS READ Arjun Gupta, 25, had a troubled adolescence. Adolescents could also have issues relating to sexual identity and orientation.” According to Arjun Kapoor, a research fellow at the Centre for Mental Health Law & Policy, half of India’s suicides are due to mental health issues while “the remaining 50 per …

Greater Chennai Corporation Commissioner lauds Sneha for work on suicide prevention
1 year, 3 months ago

Greater Chennai Corporation Commissioner lauds Sneha for work on suicide prevention

The Hindu  

Greater Chennai Corporation Commissioner J. Radhakrishnan on Sunday, September 10, 2023 said it is not a right decision to end one’s life as life is precious and life has to be lived to the fullest. Mr. Radhakrishnan, while addressing the participants at the walkathon organised by Sneha, a suicide prevention centre that runs a helpline for those in distress, to …

Sensitization is paramount to prevent suicides, say doctors
1 year, 3 months ago

Sensitization is paramount to prevent suicides, say doctors

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The World Health Organisation has themed this year’s World Suicide Prevention Day, like for the past two years, ‘Creating hope through action’. The latest data from the National Crime Records Bureau indicates a 7.2 per cent rise in suicide cases in India from 11.3in 2020 to 12 in 2021. As per the report, amongst various factors, family problems were …

Data | Tamil Nadu ranks highest in suicides among government employees
1 year, 5 months ago

Data | Tamil Nadu ranks highest in suicides among government employees

The Hindu  

While it is known that the State’s suicide rate is among the highest in the country, further analysis of NCRB data from 2017 to 2021 showed that Tamil Nadu witnessed a sharp increase in suicides of government employees in 2020 and 2021. This graph shows the number of suicides of “Professionals/Salaried Persons” in 2021 in the five States that recorded …

Many medical students under stress: study
1 year, 8 months ago

Many medical students under stress: study

The Hindu  

A recent Right to Information response from the National Medical Commission said that 64 MBBS and 55 postgraduate medicos died by suicide in the last five years. Concerned over the incidents of suicide and suicidal ideation among medical students, the NMC, India’s apex medical education regulatory authority, late in 2022 asked all medical colleges in the country to compile data …

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, …

More than 1.12 lakh daily wage workers committed suicide in 2019-21: Govt
1 year, 10 months ago

More than 1.12 lakh daily wage workers committed suicide in 2019-21: Govt

India TV News  

In a shocking revelation, Union Labour Minister Bhupender Yadav said in Lok Sabha informed the Lok Sabha that a total of 1.12 lakh daily wage workers committed suicide in the past three years-- from 2019-21. Quoting the scary data of the National Crime Records Bureau, Yadav on Monday said that a total of 32,563 daily wage workers died in 2019, …

Suicide prevention needs care, nuance
1 year, 11 months ago

Suicide prevention needs care, nuance

Hindustan Times  

The shocking death of a 20-year-old actor by suicide has unleashed a wave of unverified propaganda and speculation, led to the arrest of the woman’s 28-year-old former partner on charges of abetment of suicide, and caused renewed conversation on mental health and suicide. But the blunt force of law enforcement is a poor deterrent for suicide, depression and mental health …

Farmer suicides in Telangana drop drastically
2 years ago

Farmer suicides in Telangana drop drastically

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The number of farmers and cultivators committing suicide in Telangana fell by about 59 per cent from 2017 till 2021, but the state still accounted for over 10 per cent of such incidents nationwide during that period, the Centre said on Friday. Presenting the data to Parliament, the Union agriculture and farmers welfare ministry said that from 2017 till …

NCRB 2021 report: Dying young and jobless in India
2 years, 3 months ago

NCRB 2021 report: Dying young and jobless in India

The Hindu  

Published : Sep 22, 2022 10:15 IST India has overtaken the United Kingdom to become the fifth largest economy in the world according to the IMF and is poised to be the fastest growing Asian economy next year according to Morgan Stanley. A total of 1,64,033 cases of suicide were reported to the police during 2021, up 7.2 per cent …

Andhra Pradesh: Illness major reason for suicides in 2021, says NCRB report
2 years, 3 months ago

Andhra Pradesh: Illness major reason for suicides in 2021, says NCRB report

The Hindu  

Nearly one-third of the suicide cases reported in Andhra Pradesh in 2021 were due to health issues faced by the deceased. As per the report of the Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India-2021 released recently by the National Crime Records Bureau, Andhra Pradesh reported a total of 8,067 suicide deaths, and 2,469 of them were due to illness and 2,133 …

Suicide rate among males in Andhra Pradesh nearly triple of females
2 years, 3 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, …

How to identify and prevent suicide in India
2 years, 3 months ago

How to identify and prevent suicide in India

Live Mint  

The numbers speak for themselves: 1,64,033 Indians died by suicide in 2021, with the national suicide rate being 12, the highest rate since 196, according to NCRB data. Join support groups Join a support group so that you can learn how to deal with suicidal thoughts and realise that you have many other options in life except taking your own …

Long Covid-19 link to suicide: Scientists warn of hidden crisis
2 years, 3 months ago

Long Covid-19 link to suicide: Scientists warn of hidden crisis

Live Mint  

The 56-year-old, who caught the disease in spring 2020, still had not recovered about 18 months later when he killed himself at his home near Dallas, having lost his health, memory and money. While many long COVID patients recover over time, around 15% still experience symptoms after 12 months, according to the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and …

Long covid's link to suicide: Scientists warn of hidden crisis
2 years, 3 months ago

Long covid's link to suicide: Scientists warn of hidden crisis

Hindustan Times  

Scott Taylor never got to move on from COVID-19. While many long COVID patients recover over time, around 15% still experience symptoms after 12 months, according to the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. Survivor Corps, an advocacy group for long COVID patients, said it polled their membership in May and found that 44% of nearly 200 …

India lodged over 1.64 lakh suicides in 2021, highest ever in a calendar year: Govt data
2 years, 3 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, 3 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 …

In 2021, over 45K women died by suicide in India, 23,000 of them are housewives: NCRB data
2 years, 3 months ago

In 2021, over 45K women died by suicide in India, 23,000 of them are housewives: NCRB data

Hindustan Times  

As many as 45,026 women killed themselves in 2021 in India with more than 23,000 of them being housewives, the latest National Crime Records Bureau report said. Of the 45,026 women who died by suicide, housewives accounted for 23,178 followed by students, and daily wage earners, the NCRD report showed. Of the 45,026 women who died by suicide, housewives accounted …

Daily wage earners, self-employed, unemployed top categories dying by suicide in 2021
2 years, 3 months ago

Daily wage earners, self-employed, unemployed top categories dying by suicide in 2021

The Hindu  

Daily wage earners followed by self-employed persons, unemployed persons and people involved in farming sector were the top categories of people who have killed themselves in 2021, a COVID-19 pandemic year. “Out of total 1,18,979 male suicides, maximum suicides were committed by daily wage earners followed by self-employed persons and unemployed persons,” the report said. A total of 10,881 persons …

Tackling post-Covid suicidal distress
2 years, 3 months ago

Tackling post-Covid suicidal distress

Hindustan Times  

Covid-19 has had a ruinous impact on people’s mental health. New data released by the National Crime Records Bureau last week captures the depth of the problem and the challenge it poses for the public health system. At 120 deaths per million, 2021 saw the highest rate of deaths from suicide since 1967, the earliest year for which this data …

Recorded deaths rose to 81 lakh in 2020 from 76 lakh in 2019
2 years, 7 months ago

Recorded deaths rose to 81 lakh in 2020 from 76 lakh in 2019

The Hindu  

The number of registered deaths increased from 76.4 lakhs in 2019 to 81.2 lakhs in 2020 and out of the total registered deaths the share of male and female are 60.2% and 39.8% respectively,’’ noted the report on ‘Vital Statistics of India based on the Civil Registration System’ for the year 2020. The report adds that based on information provided …

India reports 1,088 new COVID pandemic cases with 26 fatalities in single day
2 years, 8 months ago

India reports 1,088 new COVID pandemic cases with 26 fatalities in single day

India TV News  

Highlights Total active cases of COVID in India have declined to 10,870 today The total death toll in the country is now at 5,21,736 The daily positivity rate is 0.25 per cent on Apr 13 COVID-19 India News Updates : India recorded 1,088 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 26 deaths due to the infection in the past …

COVID pandemic: India reports 1,096 new cases with 81 fatalities in a day
2 years, 8 months ago

COVID pandemic: India reports 1,096 new cases with 81 fatalities in a day

India TV News  

Highlights Total active cases of COVID in India have declined to 13,013 today The total death toll in the country is now at 5,21,345 India saw a total of 1,447 discharges in the last 24 hours COVID-19 India News Updates : India recorded 1,096 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 81 deaths due to the infection in the …

COVID pandemic: India reports 1,421 new cases with 149 deaths in single day
2 years, 8 months ago

COVID pandemic: India reports 1,421 new cases with 149 deaths in single day

India TV News  

Highlights Total active cases of COVID in India have declined to 16,187 today The total death toll in the country is now at 5,21,004 India saw a total of 1,826 discharges in the last 24 hours COVID-19 India News Updates : India recorded 1,421 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 149 deaths due to the infection in the …

Understanding India's Suicide Crisis and The Interventions That Can Help
2 years, 9 months ago

Understanding India's Suicide Crisis and The Interventions That Can Help

The Quint  

India's suicide crisis is often discussed in bursts of news coverage, often within boxes of celebrity suicide, student suicide or farmer suicides. The crisis though, especially in India, sits outside these boxes and is very much a consequence of systemic socio-economic-political failure, and not one that can be viewed only from the lens of mental illness. A new book Life …

Suicides due to unemployment highest in COVID-hit 2020: Centre
2 years, 10 months ago

Suicides due to unemployment highest in COVID-hit 2020: Centre

The Hindu  

Over 16,000 people committed suicide due to bankruptcy or indebtedness while 9,140 people ended their lives due to unemployment between 2018 and 2020, the Ministry of Home Affairs informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. As many as 9,140 people ended their lives due to unemployment, the highest number of such cases — 3,548 were reported in 2020, the year a …

Coronavirus pandemic: India reports over 1.07 lakh new cases with positivity rate at 7.42%; 865 deaths
2 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus pandemic: India reports over 1.07 lakh new cases with positivity rate at 7.42%; 865 deaths

India TV News  

Highlights Total active cases of COVID in India have declined to 12,25,011 today Total death toll in the country is now at 5,01,979 The daily positivity rate is at 7.42 per cent on Feb 6 COVID-19 India News Updates : India recorded 1,07,474 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 865 deaths due to the infection in the past …

India reports over 1.61 lakh Covid cases, 1,733 fatalities
2 years, 10 months ago

India reports over 1.61 lakh Covid cases, 1,733 fatalities

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: With 1,61,386 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India's total tally of cases increased to over 4.16 crore, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The active cases decreased by 1,21,456 to reach 16,21,603-- 4.20 per cent of the total infections -- while the country's recovery rate stands at 94.60 per cent, …

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

India Lost More People to Suicide Than to Coronavirus in 2020, Shows NCRB Data
3 years, 1 month ago

India Lost More People to Suicide Than to Coronavirus in 2020, Shows NCRB Data

News 18  

Amid its fight against the pandemic in 2020, India lost more people to suicide than Covid-19, as per the latest report by National Crime Records Bureau. While illness was the most attributed cause behind suicide, daily wage workers made up the largest share of total suicides, shows NCRB data. A total of 37,666 daily wage workers died by suicide in …

COVID-19 drove up suicide numbers by 10% in 2020; Maharashtra most affected with nearly 20,000 cases
3 years, 1 month 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 …

Suicide rate up in 2020, Maharashtra tops the list with near 20,000 cases
3 years, 1 month ago

Suicide rate up in 2020, Maharashtra tops the list with near 20,000 cases

India TV News  

India recorded 153,052 suicides- an average of 418 daily- in 2020, according to the latest central government data. Majority of suicides, 19,909 in total, were reported in Maharashtra followed by 16,883 in Tamil Nadu, 14,578 in Madhya Pradesh, 13,103 in West Bengal, and 12,259 in Karnataka accounting for 13 per cent, 11 per cent, 9.5 per cent, 8.6 per cent …

Covid giving rise anxiety, depression in people, communication is key: Doctors
3 years, 3 months ago

Covid giving rise anxiety, depression in people, communication is key: Doctors

Hindustan Times  

The unexpected death of a loved one, loss of livelihood or difficulties in coping with the day-to-day stresses brought about by Covid-19 and related restrictions have led to an increase in anxiety and depression among people, said experts on World Suicide Prevention Day. The problem is that such help is not easily accessible and the stigma attached to mental health …

Suicide rate fell during first lockdown, new data shows
3 years, 3 months ago

Suicide rate fell during first lockdown, new data shows

The Independent  

The suicide rate in England and Wales fell during the first national Covid-19 lockdown, new data from the Office for National Statistics shows. Although around three quarters of the suicides recorded during the first national lockdown were among men, there was actually a drop in the male suicide rate falling to 13.9 deaths per 100,000 men compared with 16.9 per …

Fearing complications, Covid infected couple dies by suicide in Karnataka
3 years, 4 months ago

Fearing complications, Covid infected couple dies by suicide in Karnataka

Hindustan Times  

Fearing complications after showing symptoms of Covid-19, a couple died by suicide at Baikampady in Mangaluru on Tuesday, city police commissioner N Shashi Kumar said. In the audio clip, the couple purportedly said that they were showing symptoms of Covid-19 for the last seven days, and fearing complications, had decided not to seek treatment. “As we see people losing eyesight …

Covid Situation in Himachal Under Control but Pandemic Not Yet Over: CM Thakur
3 years, 4 months ago

Covid Situation in Himachal Under Control but Pandemic Not Yet Over: CM Thakur

News 18  

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Tuesday said that though the COVID-19 situation in Himachal Pradesh is under control, the pandemic is not yet over. The number of active COVID-19 cases in Himachal Pradesh stood at 2,086 on Monday, while the positivity rate was recorded at 1.9 per cent last week, according to a health official. During the discussion, Saizal …

As global COVID-19 deaths top 4 million, a suicide in Peru
3 years, 5 months ago

As global COVID-19 deaths top 4 million, a suicide in Peru

Associated Press  

AREQUIPA, Peru — On the last day of Javier Vilca’s life, his wife stood outside a hospital window with a teddy bear, red balloons and a box of chocolates to celebrate his birthday, and held up a giant, hand-scrawled sign that read: “Don’t give up. You’re the best man in the world.” Minutes later, Vilca, a 43-year-old struggling radio journalist …

Bihar: Death and deceit
3 years, 7 months ago

Bihar: Death and deceit

The Hindu  

Dr Smriti*, a senior resident atagovernment hospital in Patna, is on the front line of the tidal second wave of COVID-19 that has caught Bihar unawares. “As they are part of the community and as there is little else by way of health care in the villages, most of my patients have already sought treatment for the first six-seven days …

US suicides dropped last year, defying pandemic expectations
3 years, 8 months ago

US suicides dropped last year, defying pandemic expectations

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The number of U.S. suicides fell nearly 6% last year amid the coronavirus pandemic — the largest annual decline in at least four decades, according to preliminary government data. “There’s a heroism phase in every disaster period, where we’re banding together and expressing lots of messages of support that we’re in this together,” said Dr. Christine Moutier, …

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