h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

About 1 million commit suicide every yearin the world.
Murder and wars will account for 1.5 million upto 2020.
Source of this statistics was the WHO.
Suicide can be dramatically reduced if a close watch is kept on the most popular methods of suicide like Insect killers, arms, and painkillers.
The International Association for Suicide Prevention, and WHO are celeberating World Suicide Day to increase the awareness about Suicides.
WHO Head of Psychological Diseases Ms Katherine le Gales-Camus commenting on this tragic problem, said that these pointless deaths can be prevented if a world wide campaign is undertaken to bring about awareness.
According to WHO the number of people attempting suicide is far greater.. Every year about 10 to 20 million people attempt suicide.
The highest incidence of suicide is in East Europe, whereas Latin America, Muslim and some Asian countries have much less incidence of suicides.
The suicide rate goes up with age. but recently the age group between 15 and 25 adolescents, and young people have taken to suicide in increasing numbers.

During my research on Suicide, I have compiled the list of materials used in suicide, Group - suicide pacts, and in oregon usa, suicide party where the person going to commit suicide, invites people and commits suicide as a party activity.

In addition, cult based suicides and the Roman suicide by taking the poisoned drink offered by the emperoor were also forms of political Suicides.
In the human history, most famous suicides have been of Cleopatra and Socratese.
Ordinary people commit suicide due to failure, business collapse, bankruptcy, failure in love and due to mental illnesses including depression.
Prolonged illness, family disputes, stress and tension may also be reasons of committing suicide.

Most of socities have helplines for those contemplatin suicide, and health authorities have first aid and emergency procedures for treating those who attempt suicide.
Law does not sanction suicide.
Attempted suicide is punishable crime under the law.

Media and magazines give prominent importance to stories relating to suicides in newspapers. Recently 'kadambini' a hindi magazine brought out a special number devouted to Suicide.
A serch on the web yields a large number of hits, and suicidal tendencies, their treatment forms an important part of psychiatric care and mental healthcare.
In view of the above, it is proposed, that a systematic analysis, prevention and proactive action for prevention of suicides world--wide be takenup.
This will include suicide prevention web sites, helpline and counselling centres, and a rapid action task force which can reach and help the victims promptly.
It can form a part of any disaster management, health and welfare planning, and social welfare programmes.
Detailed studies of forensic aspects of suicides be undertaken, as many murders are also passed on as suicides. Young married woman, teen age girls, farmers, and women are more vulnerable.
Socities where the incidence of suicide is higher, should undertake special programmes for prevention of suicide, includin new laws, religious support systems, and mental health care.
Application of hypnosis and self-hypnosis for stress relief, delivering positive suggestions and change of thought patterns and beehavioural modification can be investigated.

This is great!
I am returning after about two years to h2g2, and the subject is burning hot here in India
In last 5 -7 years about 25000 farmers have commitedsuicide due to financial failure.
Is this a financial, psychological, social or the true face of poverty, and governments relationship with the problem of eradication of poverty.
It should be "Eradication of Suicide" Death from Despair" "Death fom Hunger"
A new country Index should measure the "suicide index" .
It should not be how many (%) live below or above the poverty line? but how many die from Poverty, suicide due to poverty and the poverty line measured in terms of ratio of ability to fight thepoverty (Not Survive)
More Next time as an essay/ In India overty line is equavalent to money needed to buy one days meal .