http://in.news.yahoo.com/bollywood-starlet-jiah-khan-found-dead-apparent-suicide-083416557.html
I missed that movie Nishabd( bollywood movie ) .though read reviews about it for its unique theme and the new beautiful actress was well appreciated for her role in it And today came to know about her death by apparent suicide . Even her costar Amitabh Bachan was shocked and twittered "Why " ...
The cause of an individual suicide is often not what it seems to be ...(wikipedia for details of suicide causes ) . Though in our simplicistic view a jilted relationship or loss of job is obvious cause then why people with perfect jobs and perfect relationships commit suicide . And why majority of people who are in bad relationships , unemployed for decades and even people with no arms or legs dont commit suicide . If we say they have better mental strength again statistics and available data on completed suicides prove us wrong .
Long ago i was in the autopsy room staring at a freshly brought body a well built handsome man in his 20s ... Though in 4 th Year MBBS and less of a thinker those days i was thinking why this handsome guy commited suicide . I just looked to the other side . One half of his body was very muscular but the other hand which had escaped my attention on first glance was having some physical challenge . The point of this is as in all problems in life the first look (often the final look for most people ) will miss the real cause .
Even in that particular case if i jump to the conclusion that the physical challenge is the cause of his suicide read this story ...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Vujicic
Then what causes suicide .... Do children commit suicide .. which age group commits suicide more .. is it really the elderly as commonly thought .. Though the science of suicidology has lots more to learn many answers are already obtained .
And maybe its a paradox that i blogged about mental illness just yesterday 90 percent of completed suicides have underlying mental illness as cause especially illnesses like bipolar illness . Again if you think bipolar illness is a rare illness again wikipedia for the celebrities who have this disorder ... The karate champion , the comedian and one of the most beautiful actresses all of them you have seen in the best movies all have bipolar illness ..http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_Van_Damme#Personal_life
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Zeta-Jones
None of my friends or relatives so far has fallen prey to this largely preventable malady ... But i know of cases of attempted suicides in my friend of friends circle .. And the only way to prevent this great loss to both the individual as well as their loved ones is to know about the proper causes and get proper treatment without the stigma .
As a soceity we can do the following :
1. Create a suicide hotline which is easily accessible and efficient ..
2 . Better utilisation of mental health services including for "depression " which is the common cold of mental illnesses but deadly
3 . Eliminate the stigma of mental illness ( Remember long ago leprosy also had stigma )
4. Be supportive or at least dont create problems for others ( Kerala has 3 times suicide than national average ..Reasons in my earlier blogs )
Dedicated to Jiah Khan ...as a movie buff ...
I missed that movie Nishabd( bollywood movie ) .though read reviews about it for its unique theme and the new beautiful actress was well appreciated for her role in it And today came to know about her death by apparent suicide . Even her costar Amitabh Bachan was shocked and twittered "Why " ...
The cause of an individual suicide is often not what it seems to be ...(wikipedia for details of suicide causes ) . Though in our simplicistic view a jilted relationship or loss of job is obvious cause then why people with perfect jobs and perfect relationships commit suicide . And why majority of people who are in bad relationships , unemployed for decades and even people with no arms or legs dont commit suicide . If we say they have better mental strength again statistics and available data on completed suicides prove us wrong .
Long ago i was in the autopsy room staring at a freshly brought body a well built handsome man in his 20s ... Though in 4 th Year MBBS and less of a thinker those days i was thinking why this handsome guy commited suicide . I just looked to the other side . One half of his body was very muscular but the other hand which had escaped my attention on first glance was having some physical challenge . The point of this is as in all problems in life the first look (often the final look for most people ) will miss the real cause .
Even in that particular case if i jump to the conclusion that the physical challenge is the cause of his suicide read this story ...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Vujicic
Then what causes suicide .... Do children commit suicide .. which age group commits suicide more .. is it really the elderly as commonly thought .. Though the science of suicidology has lots more to learn many answers are already obtained .
And maybe its a paradox that i blogged about mental illness just yesterday 90 percent of completed suicides have underlying mental illness as cause especially illnesses like bipolar illness . Again if you think bipolar illness is a rare illness again wikipedia for the celebrities who have this disorder ... The karate champion , the comedian and one of the most beautiful actresses all of them you have seen in the best movies all have bipolar illness ..http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_Van_Damme#Personal_life
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Zeta-Jones
None of my friends or relatives so far has fallen prey to this largely preventable malady ... But i know of cases of attempted suicides in my friend of friends circle .. And the only way to prevent this great loss to both the individual as well as their loved ones is to know about the proper causes and get proper treatment without the stigma .
As a soceity we can do the following :
1. Create a suicide hotline which is easily accessible and efficient ..
2 . Better utilisation of mental health services including for "depression " which is the common cold of mental illnesses but deadly
3 . Eliminate the stigma of mental illness ( Remember long ago leprosy also had stigma )
4. Be supportive or at least dont create problems for others ( Kerala has 3 times suicide than national average ..Reasons in my earlier blogs )
Dedicated to Jiah Khan ...as a movie buff ...
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