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"He Just Tried To Kill Himself": The Alarming Wait-List In US Hospitals
"Your son needs to be in the hospital, but we don't have any open beds," I tell the patient's family in the hallway. It's another busy night in the emergency department, and I'm the on-call psychiatrist.
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Depression: Biggest Cause Of Suicides In Southeast Asia, Says WHO
New Delhi: With depression being the biggest cause of suicides, and the highest cause of death among 15-29-year olds in Southeast Asia, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday called for scaling up of the quality and reach of mental health services to tackle depression. Depression affects nearly 86 million people in WHO Southeast Asia Regio...
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Dealing With Depression: Every Case Of Suicide Is Preventable, Say Psychiatrists
New Delhi: Three patients are on a suicide watch in the psychiatric ICU of Institute of Human Behavior and Allied Sciences (IHBAS) in Delhi. Among them is Rajani. The 33-year-old has made three suicide attempts after her mother committed suicide 18 years ago. Her father, Hari Om Tiwari, said, “She was crying inconsolably and was asking for poi...
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In India, More Women Attempt Suicide Than Men, Say Experts
New Delhi: The number of women attempting suicide in the country is nearly thrice than men, while people in the age-group of 15-30 are the most susceptible to committing suicide, experts claim. According to the Indian Psychiatric Society, only 10-15 per cent of suicidal bids are “impulsive” and the rest can be prevented through timely interve...
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Maharashtra Official's Plea To Go Home Refused, Depressed Son Ends Life
A senior bureaucrat in Maharashtra lost his ailing son after he was denied leave from work to go home and attend to him. After making several frantic phone calls, his 23-year-old son, who was suffering from depression, committed suicide. The Maharashtra government has now ordered an inquiry into the matter.
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My Dad Killed Himself When I Was 13. He Hid His Depression. I Won't Hide Mine.
When you walk into the laundry room and find your father hanging, you know that life is never going to be the same. That is a sight you can't unsee and a pain you can't unfeel.
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Depressed man strangles kids, hangs himself with same rope
A man killed his two children by strangling them with a rope, and then took his own life by hanging himself with the same rope, at his residence in Ratna Nagar in Chakala, Andheri last afternoon. A patient of diabetes, Santosh Arkar had been hospitalised recently, and was reportedly depressed because of the condition.
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"He Just Tried To Kill Himself": The Alarming Wait-List In US Hospitals
"Your son needs to be in the hospital, but we don't have any open beds," I tell the patient's family in the hallway. It's another busy night in the emergency department, and I'm the on-call psychiatrist.
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Depression: Biggest Cause Of Suicides In Southeast Asia, Says WHO
New Delhi: With depression being the biggest cause of suicides, and the highest cause of death among 15-29-year olds in Southeast Asia, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday called for scaling up of the quality and reach of mental health services to tackle depression. Depression affects nearly 86 million people in WHO Southeast Asia Regio...
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Dealing With Depression: Every Case Of Suicide Is Preventable, Say Psychiatrists
New Delhi: Three patients are on a suicide watch in the psychiatric ICU of Institute of Human Behavior and Allied Sciences (IHBAS) in Delhi. Among them is Rajani. The 33-year-old has made three suicide attempts after her mother committed suicide 18 years ago. Her father, Hari Om Tiwari, said, “She was crying inconsolably and was asking for poi...
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In India, More Women Attempt Suicide Than Men, Say Experts
New Delhi: The number of women attempting suicide in the country is nearly thrice than men, while people in the age-group of 15-30 are the most susceptible to committing suicide, experts claim. According to the Indian Psychiatric Society, only 10-15 per cent of suicidal bids are “impulsive” and the rest can be prevented through timely interve...
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Maharashtra Official's Plea To Go Home Refused, Depressed Son Ends Life
A senior bureaucrat in Maharashtra lost his ailing son after he was denied leave from work to go home and attend to him. After making several frantic phone calls, his 23-year-old son, who was suffering from depression, committed suicide. The Maharashtra government has now ordered an inquiry into the matter.
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My Dad Killed Himself When I Was 13. He Hid His Depression. I Won't Hide Mine.
When you walk into the laundry room and find your father hanging, you know that life is never going to be the same. That is a sight you can't unsee and a pain you can't unfeel.
-
Depressed man strangles kids, hangs himself with same rope
A man killed his two children by strangling them with a rope, and then took his own life by hanging himself with the same rope, at his residence in Ratna Nagar in Chakala, Andheri last afternoon. A patient of diabetes, Santosh Arkar had been hospitalised recently, and was reportedly depressed because of the condition.
