"Adolescent suicides have quadrupled in the last two decades. In 90 percent of the cases, the person was suffering from an undetected and unidentified psychiatric disorder," Samir Parikh, director of Mental Health and Behavioural Sciences at Fortis Hospital, told IANS.
He added that in most cases, the underlying depression takes root for months before an event, like a failed love affair or bad academic result, becomes the final breaking point.
Changes in the social structure and lack of interpersonal touch are some of the main factors that contribute to increasing vulnerability of the young.
