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Odisha records higher suicide rate than national average, suggests report
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Odisha (India), September 5 (ANI): The suicide cases in Odisha has marked an increase of 20.20% over the last five years. The current suicide rate in Odisha is 12.5 per cent against the national average of 12 per cent.
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Japan's suicide rate spikes due to COVID pandemic
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 18 (ANI): A new study has found that the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in over 8,000 excess suicide deaths in Japan between March 2020 and June 2022, news agency Kyodo reported on Wednesday.
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Fewer suicide attempts in women using hormonal contraceptives: Study
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Helsinki [Finland], June 7 (ANI): Hormonal contraceptives, such as the birth control pill, are amongst the most widely used pharmaceutical products. Recent research has linked hormonal contraceptives to an increased incidence of attempted suicide, raising questions about their safety. Now, a
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Sindh province has highest suicide rates in Pakistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 6 (ANI): Pakistan's Sindh province is a nightmare for Scheduled Castes with the highest suicide rates in the country.
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Study finds hip hop song linked to reduction in suicide rates
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 19 (ANI): According to a recent study, wide-scale public attention to the song '1-800-273-8255' by American hip hop artist Logic was associated with an increase in calls to the US National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and a reduction in suicides.
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Study finds doing more family caregiving might help reduce risk of suicide
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Colorado [US], Jun 19 (ANI): Silvia Sara Canetto, who is a Professor of Psychology at the Colorado State University and has spent several years trying to make sense of the variability in women's and men's suicide mortality around the world, recently found that suicide rates are generally hig
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Spurt in suicide rate in Pakistani desert region linked to poverty driven
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], April 18 (ANI): At least 143 people have taken their own lives in Thar desert's Tharparkar, Umerkot districts between 2016 to 2020. Extreme weather patterns are frequent threat, major cause of poverty pushing people to suicide in Pakistani desert region.
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Japan PM appoints 'Loneliness' minister to cabinet
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 23 (ANI): Japan has appointed its first Minister for Loneliness this month after the country's suicide rate increased for the first time in 11 years during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Japan records rise in suicide rate for first time since 2009
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], January 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan recorded an increase in the number of suicides in 2020 for the first time since 2009, with the country's Health Ministry saying that the impact of the coronavirus pandemic affected this tendency, media reported on Friday, citing the National Pol
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Study finds mental health gets strained by disaster
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Delaware [US], December 19 (ANI): A team of researchers including the University of Delaware's Jennifer Horney, founding director of the epidemiology program in the College of Health Sciences, examined the impact of 281 natural disasters on suicide rates during a 12-year span.
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Suicide rate for people with schizophrenia disorder is 170 times higher: S
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], June 20 (ANI): According to recent study, the suicide rate for people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD) is 170 times higher than the general population.
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Suicide rate for people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders 170 times hi
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Toronto [India], June 18 (ANI): The suicide rate for people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD) is 170 times higher than the general population, according to a recent study.
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