DECCAN CHRONICLE: The recent World Health Organisation report on mental health across the world has created an urgent need for a reality check among parents, teenagers, experts and the government, and called for all these groups to address the alarming situation immediately. India topped the list with the highest number of suicides in the world according to the recent WHO report on mental health called “Preventing Suicides-A global Imperative”, which was released in September, 2014. A total of 36 lakh girls and 34 lakh boys in the age group of 15-29 died in India in 2012 and a total of 2,58,075 people, including 99,977 females and 1,58,098 males of all age groups committed suicide. China follows India, with 1,20,730 suicides in 2012. The cause for the highest number of deaths in the age group of 15-29 was suicide, which is definitely a disturbing trend, said psychiatrists.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 07:35:20 +0000
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