Escalated Suicidal Rate of the Undergraduate Students of Bangladesh – Social Impact and Recommendations to Overcome

Mohammad Azizur Rahman1*, Touhidul Islam2, Nabidur Rahman1, Esrat Sultana3, Sohel Parvez3 and Shaikh Mirja Nurunnubi2

1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh 2Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh 3Department of Microbiology, Jessore University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh 4Department of Microbiology, The Acme Laboratories Limited, Bangladesh

^*Correspondance to: Mohammad Azizur Rahman 

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Abstract:

Suicide has become one of the leading causes of deaths all over the world. It is considered as a global public health problem and a deviant behavior. People of different ages are committing suicide every day around the world for different reasons. University students, who are supposed to be the future of a country, are also accepting this path of deaths. Bangladeshi undergraduate students are also becoming the victims of suicide every day. In recent times, suicide ideation among the university undergraduate students is increasing. This article reveals the prevalence of suicide among the university undergraduate students and the factors associated with suicide ideation among the university undergraduate students of Bangladesh. It also focuses on the impact of these suicides on the family and society. To overcome this grave situation, some precautionary steps have been recommended at the end of this article.

Keywords:

Affected behavior; Behavioral health; Mental disorder; Psychology; Public health; Suicide

Cite the Article:

Rahman MA, Islam T, Rahman N, Sultana E, Parvez S, Nurunnubi SM. Escalated Suicidal Rate of the Undergraduate Students of Bangladesh – Social Impact and Recommendations to Overcome. Ann Clin Case Rep. 2021; 6: 2015..