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Suicides Among Japanese Young People Hit 30-Year High

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday November 07 2018, @04:32PM   Printer-friendly
from the alarming-statistics dept.

takyon writes:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46096626

In the fiscal year 2016/7 up to March, 250 children from elementary to high school age were recorded as having taken their own lives. The number is five more than last year, and the highest it has been since 1986.

Concerns the children had reported included family problems, worrying about their futures and bullying. But schools said the reasons behind about 140 of the deaths are unknown as the students did not leave a note. Most of those who took their lives were of high school age, where Japanese students typically study until they are aged 18.

[...] Overall suicides across Japan fell to about 21,000 in 2017, police say, down from a peak of about 34,500 in 2003.

[...] "The number of suicides of students have stayed high, and that is an alarming issue which should be tackled," education ministry official Noriaki Kitazaki said as the latest figures were released.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by urza9814 on Thursday November 08 2018, @04:40PM

    by urza9814 (3954) on Thursday November 08 2018, @04:40PM (#759412) Journal

    if you tell 9-1-1 that someone is suicidal, they will send the police, who may make the problem worse rather then bringing them back from the brink.

    Yup. I have two friends who have gone through that. The police showed up, started pounding on their door screaming loud enough for the entire damn neighborhood to overhear about suicidal thoughts and all of that...that's exactly what a depressed person needs, right? Being too embarrassed to speak to their neighbors or even leave the house for the next month...

    Not just one department either, one incident was a Bryn Mawr College campus police in Philadelphia PA and the other was the local cops near Providence RI. Every single fucker involved ought to be prosecuted for HIPAA violations as far as I'm concerned...but of course we all know the laws don't apply to police officers anymore...

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