Comments on: SUICIDE AND SUICIDAL BEHAVIOUR IN SIKKIM: AN OVERVIEW

By: Meshach Pariyar

Meshach Pariyar — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 09:38:03 +0000

I strongly believe that every school and college should have a professional counselor from outside their faculty. This counselor should visit at least once a week, providing students with a safe and confidential space to discuss their personal struggles. By ensuring anonymity and independence from the school staff, students would feel more comfortable sharing their concerns, allowing the counselor to offer guidance and support.

This initiative can have a profound impact on students' well-being, particularly in reducing the risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors. By providing a trusted and non-judgmental listener, students can receive positive motivation, coping strategies, and emotional support, empowering them to navigate life's challenges with confidence and resilience.

By: Gyalchen tamang

Gyalchen tamang — Fri, 18 Nov 2022 05:20:05 +0000

In my point of view, The govt of sikkim, should take more initiative and launched more policies and programes and should have counseling classes as compulsory in the school and colleges, so that the students can share their feelings personally, 🙏

By: Mrinal Shanker

Mrinal Shanker — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 07:29:29 +0000

Nancy Lhasungpa's research doesn't go deep enough, but it does identify unemployment, alcoholism and drug use as important factors behind high suicide rates in Sikkim, particularly among men. In another article by Mahendra Lama in the Kathmandu Post, similar reasons have been identified in Nepal and Bhutan, though Sikkim seems worse afflicted. The macho self image of men has also been identified as a reason, though the author should have been more explicit about the role of sexual inadequacy in men and the resultant marital conflicts pushing men to suicide.
Alcohol consumption in excess is a concomitant of unemployment. And it intensifies marital conflict, leading to make and female suicides.