Suicide in India

Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Most people that commit suicide to do so because they are in some sort of pain and cannot seem to find a way out. Much work still needs to be done on coming up with more effective ways to help individuals that struggle with suicidal thinking as up to 1,000,000 people die every year from suicide. The premature and violent death of the victims has negative repercussions in society and should be prevented whenever possible. India is not an exception for this. India accounted for the highest estimated number of suicides in the world. On an average, more than one lakh persons commit suicides every year in the country during the decadal period from 2004 to 2014. Importantly however, the care received by the treatment-as-usual arm in this study was below desirable standards because it was limited to the acute management of the somatic squeal of the suicide attempt and did not include psychiatric or psychological assessment or treatment. The task of suicide prevention is daunting. Although suicide attempters are at increased risk of completed suicide, about 10% of attempters persistently deny suicidal intent. This group may continue to be vulnerable.