One in four children in the age group of 13-15 years in India suffer from depression, which affects 86 million people in South-East Asia region, the WHO said. Informing that India has the highest suicide rate among 10 South-East Asian countries, the WHO released “Mental Health Status of Adolescents in South-East Asia: Evidence for Action” report which said in 2012, the estimated suicide rate per 1 lakh people in India, in the age group of 15–29 years, was 35.5. The estimated suicide rates per 1 lakh people in this age group varied from 3.6 in Indonesia to 25.8 in Nepal, it said.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/mental-health-status-adolescents-south-east-asia-evidence-action
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/who
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mental-health
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/children
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/smoking
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tobacco
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/alcoholism
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drugs
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/asia
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/statistics
