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| Cry for help or a means to achieve mukti ? | | Suicides in Kashmir | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, June 21: Suicide attempts by women are mostly a cry for help. This is what a Valley based social scientist says. According to him among women it was mostly para-suicide as they attempt suicide but rarely complete it. But the statistics of the past few months prove the expert partly wrong. Two women take the extreme step on an average basis in the conflict torn Valley, reports suggest.
The conflict definitely has had a toll on mental health in Kashmir but the reasons for recent suicides especially by women reflect disorganization of both the individual and society in Kashmir.
The experts give several reasons ranging from failure in a love affair to unemployment for this unfortunate trend. Some times the reasons are too trivial to justify an emotional response. Remedial measures ranging from providing a support system to involvement of the clergy have been suggested.
A student of 11th standard ended his life following severe scolding by his parents for getting 91% marks in the term examination. He had secured 93% in the previous term. But when the parents realized their mistake, it was too late.
A medical student inflicted a superficial wound on her wrist to force her parents to accept her boyfriend. The frightened parents had to give in. Later, she told her friends how she ensured to keep the blood vessels beneath the skin intact.
On November 1, last year, a young girl from Ganderbal district ended her life when somebody told her that the pre-paid connections would not work. She consumed some poisonous substance and breathed her last in the hospiltal.
Dr Hameedullah Shah, who has observed a number of patients in the psychiatric hospital, says: "A person commits suicide when he or she reaches the extreme condition of hopelessness. This situation is generally created when a society hankers after materialistic needs."
Shah said the society in Kashmir is today faced with many issues which strengthened the tendency of suicide among the residents of the valley. He sees no direct connection in the rising number of suicides and the on-going turmoil.
Giving data of 2006 and 2007, he said out of the 61 cases of suicide registered by police, 43 were young and middle-aged women while out of 42 cases in 2007, 25 belong to this category.
A well known psychiatrist Dr Arshad Husain has sought help of Imams to fight the menace. A study by the psychiatric hospital has put "declining religious values, lack of religious education and conflict related stress" as the main reasons behind this "alarming" trend.
Husain said the study revealed that the decline of religious values among Kashmiri Muslims was a major factor that had prompted people to take the extreme step.
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