The national crime records bureau of India recently released “Accidental Death and Suicides in India,” reporting some alarming figures that more than 1,00,000 people [die by] suicide in our country.
Unfortunately in the report they use the outdated terminology “commit” suicide. I bring this up because even a government agency (that must be well aware of the Mental Healthcare Act of 2017 in India that decriminalized suicide) used the word “commit.” Even a small indicator like this one is a huge reflection on how lacking suicide prevention is in India.
The report also indicates that family problems (32.4 percent) and illness (17.1percent) were the major causes of suicides in 2019.
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