Men Account For 72% Of Suicides In India

Experts Call For Urgent Action On Men's Mental Health Issue

- Press Trust Of India

Men accounted for 72 per cent of suicides committed in India in 2022.

This data from the National Crime Records Bureau has experts raising concerns about the rising mental health issues in men, which they say are largely overlooked.

Men are often conditioned to suppress vulnerability, leading to silent suffering and in many cases devastating consequences, said Jyoti Kapoor, founder-director and senior psychiatrist at Manasthali.