"Suicidal Behavior among Malaysian Indians" a talk by Prof. T. Maniam at Centre for Study of Social System (CSSS) - II, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Mehrauli Road > 5pm to 7pm on 25th September 2014
Time : 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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"Suicidal Behavior among Malaysian Indians" a talk by Prof. T. Maniam
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Room No- 13, Centre for Study of Social System (CSSS) - II, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi - 110067
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Event Description : "Suicidal Behavior among Malaysian Indians" a talk by Prof. T. Maniam, Department of Psychiatry, National University of Malaysia.
Malaysia is a multicultural Southeast Asian country of 30 million people. The major ethnic groups are Malays, Chinese, Indians (8%) and the indigenous peoples of Sabah and Sarawak. Malaysian Indians have higher rates of suicidal behavior(which includes suicidal ideas, plans, attempts and completed suicides), than any other ethnic group in Malaysia. In the past an agricultural district had one of the highest suicide rates in the world, mainly contributed to by Indian farm workers dying after ingesting agricultural biocides. Happily this has changed in recent years. While there is considerable misclassification of suicide statistics in this country all studies, past and recent, almost unanimously agree that people of Indian descent have disproportionately high rates of suicide. In this, Malaysian Indians are similar to Indians in some other countries they have migrated to such as Fiji, and the West Indies. The actual Indian suicide rate in Malaysia is debatable, and it fluctuates widely depending on the source of the information and the methodology employed. Alcoholism, poverty and mental illnesses are highest among Indians. Other indices of social distress such as crime rates, rates of incarceration, domestic abuse and drug use are also high. It may be postulated that these as well as the relative absence of a strong social prohibition against suicidal behavior are important contributory factors.
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Venue : Room No- 13, Centre for Study of Social System (CSSS) - II, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi - 110067
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Malaysia is a multicultural Southeast Asian country of 30 million people. The major ethnic groups are Malays, Chinese, Indians (8%) and the indigenous peoples of Sabah and Sarawak. Malaysian Indians have higher rates of suicidal behavior(which includes suicidal ideas, plans, attempts and completed suicides), than any other ethnic group in Malaysia. In the past an agricultural district had one of the highest suicide rates in the world, mainly contributed to by Indian farm workers dying after ingesting agricultural biocides. Happily this has changed in recent years. While there is considerable misclassification of suicide statistics in this country all studies, past and recent, almost unanimously agree that people of Indian descent have disproportionately high rates of suicide. In this, Malaysian Indians are similar to Indians in some other countries they have migrated to such as Fiji, and the West Indies. The actual Indian suicide rate in Malaysia is debatable, and it fluctuates widely depending on the source of the information and the methodology employed. Alcoholism, poverty and mental illnesses are highest among Indians. Other indices of social distress such as crime rates, rates of incarceration, domestic abuse and drug use are also high. It may be postulated that these as well as the relative absence of a strong social prohibition against suicidal behavior are important contributory factors.
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"Suicidal Behavior among Malaysian Indians" a talk by Prof. T. Maniam at Centre for Study of Social System (CSSS) - II, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Mehrauli Road > 5pm to 7pm on 25th September 2014
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