Citation

Sneha S, Ganesh Rajahan D, Sampathkumar P, Silambanan S, Shalini L. Med. Legal Update 2019; 19(2): 197-201.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, R.K. Sharma and Institute of Medico-Legal Publications)

DOI

10.5958/0974-1283.2019.00171.3

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The act of taking one's own life intentionally is called Suicide. Widely prevalent, the suicide rates vary from place to place and there is no nation that has an escape from it. Every year all over the world, according to the WHO, one million people attempt to commit suicide. In the entire world, every year about eight lakh people commit suicide. With 17.5 percent of world population, 1,35,000, i.e, 17 percent are those who reside in India. Ministry of health has estimated that every year in the country around 1, 20,000 people kill themselves by committing suicide. Of these 40% of them are less than 35 years of age. Variations in pattern of seasons seem to influence the timing of suicide. Alterations in length of the day and temperature variations also affect when maximum suicides take place. A rise in the suicide behavior can also be due to abnormal biology as suggested in several studies. Some markers like Cholesterol and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) are measured in the plasma or blood serum. These low serum biomarkers levels are seen implicated with impaired resilience of the brain among individuals having suicidal tendencies. © 2019, World Informations Syndicate. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

Age groups; Suicide; Serum Cholesterol level; South Indian Population