The Latest Breaking News from Suicide

Nine self-inflicted deaths of prisoners serving IPP sentences in 2022 was highest number since controversial introduction

NIMHANS launches Suicide Loss Survivors (SLS) forum to reduce stigma & provide postvention care for families of those who lost their lives to suicide. Forum to offer guidance on navigating complex emotions & provide support network. Resources, incl. therapy, support groups & helplines, to be provided.

In today’s newsletter: As a manhunt is underway for 21-year-old Daniel Khalife, prisons struggle with overcrowding, suicide and staff shortages

Sreemoyee Piu Kundu talks about her memoir, Everything Changes, which chronicles her journey of understanding her father's suicide, and forgiving him. She shares her experience of the lack of support for survivor families and how the stigma of mental health prevents meaningful conversations. She hopes her book will help others…

Teachers recount the emotional toll of being harassed by parents and dragged through child abuse proceedings over everyday classroom matters

After two Dalit students allegedly committed suicide at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Delhi in the past two months, a campus-wide survey on caste discrimination circulated by the institute’s Board of Student Publications (BSP) was been suspended within hours of commencing. 

His death was determined to be a suicide, the coroner wrote

NIMHANS and Atta Galatta join forces to host a campaign for Suicide Prevention, with the theme “Creating Hope Through Action”, to break the silence and build support for those affected. The core objective is to eliminate stigma and create an environment where individuals can seek help without fear or judgment.…

Exclusive: Access to immediate testosterone therapy significantly reduces gender dysphoria, depression and thoughts of suicide, research finds