Increasing Suicidal Tendency among Youth : A Sociological Perspective

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This book titled “Incresing suicidal tendency among youth” is a research study of 300 school going kids of Kanpur city.

The World Health Organization noted that someone commits suicide every 39 seconds thus making it one of the leading causes of death in the world. There are an estimated 10 to 20 million non-fatal attempted suicides every year.
In India, the problem of youth suicide has gradually worsened since 1960. Suicide is the
2nd leading cause of death among teenagers today!!
The rate for boys was 58 per 100,000, and for girls it was 150 per 100,000. The rates are so high that if this happened with a disease, you would actually conclude that something has to be done immediately.
My own thinking is that girls commit suicide more frequently because this is a manifestation of what we call the gender bias against the girl child in Indian culture and Indian society....

About the Author

Dr. SabaYunus has chaired a session and presented her research papers at International Conferences in Istanbul, Turkey and in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2014. Her research papers on various social issues have been published in numerous National and International Journals. She has participated in the Abstract Reviewing System of International Academic Forum, ACSSC. She is appointed as an Evaluator in CSJM University Regular Examination Since 2011.
She has delivered a Lecture at Reserve Bank of India, Kanpur and was Invited by Halim Muslim English School to Judge the Debate Competition in which 20 CBSE Board Schools of Kanpur have participated.
She received “Writer of Nation” Award by Editors and Journalist Guild and was Felicitated by Rotary Club on Teachers’ Day. In 2012 she has been felicitated by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and in 2013 by Socialite Shabana Azmi for her excellence in creating Social Awareness.

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