If close associates bec-ome aware and timely counselling is given, no life would be lost in such a tragic manner. The purported suicide by IAS officer D K Ravi is once again a grim reminder of the diminishing health of the society we live in, where this mode of death is occurring with uneasy regularity. We read and hear about suicides almost every day as seemingly commonplace occurrences. Yet, for the family and close associates of the victim who are suddenly plunged into grief, time stands still. They inadvertently become as much the victims as the deceased, battling prolonged guilt, shame, distress and stigma. In the last two decades, the global suicide rate has increased from 7.9 to 10.3...
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