Determinants of Suicide and People’s Perception towards Suicide: A Case Study in Jatoi, District Muzaffargarh
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https://doi.org/10.47205/jdss.2024(5-III)54Keywords:
Suicide, Society, Socioeconomic, Mental Health, StressAbstract
Suicide is a complex and multidimensional phenomenon. Suicide has a wide range of interrelated determinants including social, economic, psychological and religious factors. This study examine the key determinants contributing to suicidal attitude, highlighting the socio-economic role and mental health disorder such as isolation, familial relationships, unemployment, poverty, hopelessness, depression and anxiety. The qualitative study explores the determinants of suicide through in-depth interviews, focus group discussion and observatory tools with suicide committers and family members of affected individuals in Muzaffargarh, Punjab. This study mainly focus on the life after suicide attempt, the role of community and people perceptions towards suicide. Society perceived differently the phenomenon of suicide and consider the committer as dead after attempt but study have second face of survival of committers. It needs to provide healthy and non-isolated environment to the stressed individuals and gaming activities should be helpful for strong mental health capabilities to cope up with social, economic stressing factors.
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