Teen suicides in India: Exploring the psychological, social and academic factors

Pages: 1220-1224
Hemlata Joshi and Arpita Kackar (Department of Psychology, Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan)

The rising rates of teenage suicides in the country is a matter of grave concern. With the parents and society pressurizing the young minds to target the most coveted and now glamorized educational institutions of the country, academic distress and related depression seems to be a common place thing now. No wonder, the rates of suicides are rising. Social media and the world of virtual reality further worsen the situation. The boom of information and technology has raised the difficulty levels of curricula .The present paper attempts to address all these factors and also intends to propose preventive and remedial measures.