Society should address suicide among youths

The rising rate of suicides among youths has become a big cause for concern for many countries, but the number and the reasons for suicides in China are even a bigger cause for concern. In the last few years, several studies have shown that adolescents and young people in China, Japan and other Asian countries have been battling with a large number of psychological problems that could force them to commit suicide.

Will China, and the other Asian countries, be able to draw away such adolescents and youths from that path?

Suicide is only the fifth leading cause of death in China, but it has become the leading cause of death among young people. An estimated 287,000 people commit suicide in China every year, that is, one every two minutes. What is equally alarming is that 10 times that number attempt it, according to the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. In fact, the suicide rate in China is one of the highest in the world.