Why suicide rate is highest among young Indians? - By Dr Udaylal Pai

An alarming report on increasing suicides in India is calling for urgent intervention and rethinking of our system. What's wrong with Indians? Our country had shown the world the path to eternal happiness. And, now,  Indians are an unhappy lot!...If you probe further deeper into reasons, you will see many cultural, genetic and religious factors...
 

            Young people in India are committing suicide at a much higher rate than in the West, says The Lancet report, entitled Suicide Mortality in India released on June 23, June 2012.
The first ever national survey of deaths in India found that some 56 percent of all women who took their own lives in 2010 and 40 percent of men were aged between 15 and 29.
           The suicide rates are highest in the 15-29 age groups, peaking in southern states that are considered richer and more developed with better education, social welfare and health care.
Opportunities that have come with two decades of economic boom and open markets have also brought more job anxiety, higher expectations and more pressure to achieve, mental health experts said.
             This is calling for urgent intervention and rethinking of our institution called India or Bharat.  Added to it, many suicide cases still go unreported as people hide what is still an illegal act in India.
The higher rates may come from "the greater likelihood of disappointments when aspirations that define success and happiness are distorted or unmet by the reality faced by young people in a rapidly changing society," said Dr. Vikram Patel, one of the report's authors. He also noted online social networking was making "loneliness more common." He admits his conclusion is conjecture, but says "I cannot think of any more plausible explanation...............................Click here to read full article:  http://udaypai.in/?p=129

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