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How to prevent student suicides

Pragatti Rao - An adoloscent parenting coach shares warning signs and risk factors and tips on how to prevent student suicides.

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Last week came with bad news. 7 students committing suicides on account of failing in entrance examinations, board exams. In fact, according to Lancet report in 2012, every hour, one student commits suicide in India. Now, India has one of the world's highest suicide rates for youth aged 15 to 29. One commits suicide in cases of very high anxiety and depression when one feels that there is no more hope left and there is no alternative. Can we stop this? How to prevent this bright generation from losing hope and committing suicide. Watch this interview with Pragatti Rao talk about students pressure, anxiety, depression and how we as parents can help them.

Pragatti Rao is Director - Educoncepts India Initiative, a training & counselling solutions company.

She is a counsellor and an Educational Psychologist and guides students in making better choices in life.

Listen to the interview to find answers to all these questions : -

1. Who is responsible for this loss - Education system, entrance exam management ( many people have questioned the NEET), parenting?

2. What steps would you suggest parents take to prevent their children going to the extreme and taking their lives?

3. Given the lack of social and institutional support to help these students cope up with failure, how should students prepare themselves for the failure?

4. What do you want to say to all students who are in the crucial years and appearing for some entrance exam in near future?

5. Are there any resources, help centers/helplines for students in distress? (Mental health is very expensive and reaches premium segment and well educated)

What do you think can be ways and means to prevent such suicidal attempts by students? Do you know of any resources to help them? Please feel free to write to us or type your views in the comments section. You may contact Ms. Praggatti Rao at praggattirao@gmail.com for your queries.

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