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Desperate Housewives

Every Sixth Victim of Suicide in India Is a Housewife

...is, 17.1% of all suicide victims were housewives and more than half of all women suicide victims were housewives. The Lancet report further makes clear the positive association between depression...

By Pallavi Prasad

You Gotta Live Right Now

Song ‘1‑800‑273‑8255’ May Have Helped Save Lives From Suicide: US Study

...where the book was published reported a spate of suicides. The effect is well documented globally. “People can commit suicides by any means, but the recent trend of suicides by...

By Saumya Kalia

Public Display of Affliction

Why People Live‑Stream Their Suicides

...of not cutting off live-streaming suicide attempts (instead, they fill the user’s feed with suicide prevention resources, and alert partners like iCall, Babre says) in order to open up “the...

By The Swaddle Team

difficult conversations

Teen Suicide Tops Causes of Death in Teens. Here’s Why.

...first reported by The Telegraph) teen suicide is the most common cause of death among South-East Asian adolescents. In South-East Asia, including India, teen suicide tops the causes of death in teens (ages...

By Liesl Goecker

Switzerland Approves a Device for ‘Quick and Painless’ Assisted Suicide

...that one might associate with prolonging life, is instead a device to assist suicide. The country recently gave legal clearance to “coffin-like capsule” under the ambit of its assisted suicide...

By Rohitha Naraharisetty

40% of Women Who Commit Suicide Globally Are Indian. Most of Them Are Married.

A recently released Lancet Public Health study on suicide has signaled a threatening public health crisis in India. It revealed that globally, 40% of women aged 15-39 who commit suicide...

By Anubhuti Matta

Shining A Light

The Small, But Surprising, Link Between Suicide and Sunlight

...sun exposure was the only variable predictive of a spike in suicides. Suicide and its causes are complex, so let’s be clear: sunlight does not cause suicide. However, for some...

By Liesl Goecker

Teen Suicides Spiked After ’13 Reasons Why’ Premiered on Netflix

...show was both lauded for its honest portrayal of touchy topics such as suicide and sexual harassment, and disparaged for what some critics thought was a glorification of suicide that...

Almost 800 People in India’s Armed Forces Have Died by Suicide Since 2014: Govt Data

...its armed forces, out of which the Army lost 591 soldiers to suicide; 36 people died from suicide in the Navy, and the Indian Air Force reported 160 deaths by...

By Saumya Kalia

Mental Health Gaps

Govt Data Shows 4,000 Children Died by Suicide Between 2017‑19 Due to Failure in Exams

More than 24,000 children between the 14-18 age group died by suicide from 2017-2019, according to data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Of these, the highest incidences were...

By Rohitha Naraharisetty

Crisis On All Fronts

Rising Humidity Linked to Women, Young People’s Increased Risk of Suicide: Study

...suicide to changing climate. Previous research has explored how climate change-induced extreme weather — such as droughts, floods, heatwaves — could impact depression and the risk of suicide. The consensus...

By Saumya Kalia

Working to Survive

Maternal Complications, Suicide Among Top Reasons For Sex Workers’ Deaths: Study

A new multi-country study identifies maternity-related complications, and suicide, as the biggest mortality drivers among female sex workers. Published in Lancet eClinical Medicine, the research focuses on low and middle-income...

By Amlan Sarkar

Log Kya Kahenge?

Fear Of ‘What Will People Say?’ Is Driving Up India’s Suicide Rate

...in 2015. India has one of the highest suicide rates in the world, according to a 2012 study published in the Lancet, and the statistics on suicide among youth are...

By Arya Punj Timblo

What Lies Beneath

Why Some Teens Might Be Drawn to Suicide Challenge Games

...add a contact — Momo — via WhatsApp, who then ‘challenges’ them and offers instructions on how to commit self-harm or suicide. Momo is a picture of a creepy girl...

By Anubhuti Matta

Marked For Death

Three Students Died By Suicide at a Coaching Center. Competitive Exam Systems Are Complicit

...Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data from 2021 showed that student suicides were at a five-year high last year. More than 13,000 students died by suicide in 2021, an increase from...

By Rohitha Naraharisetty

With Community Support Absent Due to the Pandemic, Kashmir Is Facing a Wave of Suicides

...the spike in suicides. He says that people with pre-existing mental health stresses have fallen prey to a “copycat phenomena” of suicides because of irresponsible media reporting — thus more suicides...

By Auqib Javeed

Depression, Risk of Suicide is Worsening With Severe Heatwaves, Floods: Study

...suicide,” Dr. Lawrence explained. Moreover, a 2018 study published in Nature Climate Change established a direct link between rising temperatures and increased rates of suicide — even going on to...

By Devrupa Rakshit

Cleaner Air Healthier Minds

Air Pollution Linked to Depression, Suicide in Global Study

The higher one’s exposure to air pollution, the more likely one is to experience depression or die by suicide, concludes a new, global study. With data coming from 16 countries...

By Liesl Goecker

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