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BL KAK
NEW DELHI, May 18
Indian society is in a terrible turmoil. The rising incidence of suicides is a result of disconnection-- at the macro level people are fighting alienation and at the micro level they are struggling with stress and depression. This viewpoint, or finding, is from Dr Harish Shetty, consultant psychiatrist who runs an organisation, Maitri, to spread awareness about mental health,.
He says with concern that it is high time the government looked at suicide as a public health problem. He may not be exaggerating in view of seven people, mostly young, committing suicide in a single day in Mumbai. Shetty thinks that India, unlike China, has opened its economy abruptly and the speed at which changes are taking place is too fast for people to keep up with.
As a result "their minds get disturbed, they resort to drugs and alcohol, become violent, go through extreme fits of anger, jealousy and so on".
Shetty says: "If seven people had died of chickunguniya on a day, the administration would have reacted quickly". Indian health authorities should take cognizance of this trend and even be ready to seek global assistance and also consider spiritual help.
According to the National Bureau of Crime Records, the total number of suicides in 2005 was 113,914 as compared to 108,506 in 2001.
In this suicide epidemic afflicting the nation, Maharashtra's share was 12.7 per cent. The Bureau also noted that suicide deaths in Maharashtra, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have consistently risen in the past few years.
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