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| Unemployment, financial stress major cause of suicides in J&K | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, April 4:
Unemployment and financial stress has become a major cause of suicides among the youth in Jammu and Kashmir, with Jammu region leading the state in number of people committing suicide.
Concerned with the increasing number of suicide cases in the state, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India will be providing assistance of Rs 8.50 crore to the state government for up gradation of academic, clinical and diagnostic facilities at the Psychiatric Hospitals in Srinagar and Jammu.
“From the medical point of view, the reason to increased mental health problems which include depression, post-traumatic stress disorders, anxiety related disorders arisen due to the stress among the youth”, says the government data.
Though the data released by the state government says that the overall tendency of suicides among the youth has not increased in past two years (2008 and 2009). But in the year 2008, 122 youth committed suicide while as in 2009, 118 youth committed suicide across the state.
Data says that in Jammu district alone 31 persons committed suicide in 2008, while the figure was 22 in 2009, similarly in Srinagar number was only 7 persons in 2008 while in 2009 it was 8.
“In other districts of Jammu region number of people committing suicide is more than the Kashmir valley, which is matter of concern for the government”, says the government document.
“The reasons behind suicide are mainly unemployment, financial stress, high expectations of parents from their children in examination, incompatibility in relations between married couples and other social factors”, says the data.
Officials said, “Many NGOs including Doctors without Borders” are offering free consultations and counseling, various seminars and symposia are being conducted by Government and semi-government agencies to educate the people”.
They said that government has also introduced various schemes for unemployed youth and assistance is being given to them for their self-employment.
It is pertinent to mention here that OPD facilities have been created for psychiatric patients in SMHS Hospital and a 30 bedded ward is likely to be commissioned by April this year to treat the patients having suicidal tendencies.
“Doctors are being got trained at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore. The trained doctors have been posted as programme officers for operating psychiatry OPDs in the District hospitals, where services have been started”, data says.
Eight Doctors are on deputation to NIMHANS to undergo one year training in psychiatry during the current year. Moreover, short term training courses for the state doctors have also been organized in Jammu.
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