Judges, doctors, and bureaucrats discuss suicide prevention methodologies in Chennai

A total of 1,71,418 cases of suicide were reported in the country in 2023 as against 37,848 in 1967. The rate of suicides, too, had increased from 7.6 (suicidal deaths per one lakh population) in 1967 to 12.3 in 2023, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) statistics.

Listing out various causes of suicides, such as professional/career problems, sense of isolation, abuse, violence, family problems, mental health concerns, addiction to alcohol, financial loss and chronic pain, the NCRB’s latest report states that every suicide “is a personal tragedy that prematurely takes the life of an individual and has a continuing ripple effect, affecting the lives of families, friends and communities.”