A draft report will first be prepared and circulated among the CAPFs for their final comments, following which it will be submitted to the ...

The Union Home Ministry has set up a taskforce comprising its senior-most officers for the prevention of suicide by central paramilitary fo...

Air pollution could be causing substantial harm to our mental health as well.

Physical illness and injuries raised the risk of suicide in men, but not in women.

According to a 2018 WHO report, India is the most depressed country in the world

Over one million people attempt to take their own life every year.

Several states across the country battled severe drought in both 2014 and 2015. Some, including Maharashtra, experienced two successive yea...

New York, Sep 24 (IANS) Fish oil which contains Omega-3 fatty acids helps to boost brain functions and acts as an anti-inflammatory within ...

The prevalence of suicide attempts among individuals with schizophrenia was 39.2 per cent compared to 2.8 per cent of those without the dis...

People coming in contact with ones displaying self-destructive behaviour are more likely to show a suicidal tendency.

Depressed people who display risky behaviour, agitation and impulsivity are at least 50 per cent more likely to attempt suicide.

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Perfectionism is a bigger risk factor in suicide than we may think, said scientists who called for closer attention to its potential destru...

Such incidents will continue unless measures like screening of inmates for risk behaviours, counselling and treatment for psychiatric disor...

To blame rising farmer suicides on factors such as indebtedness and liberalisation misses a major part of the story, but ad hoc solutions o...

As farmers suicides have forced their way into government and public consciousness, research into the causes of this phenomenon is now begi...