Preventing Youth Suicide
By Sumitra Selvaraj
December 2012 FEATURE
In May 2012 alone, a 17-year-old student who had scored 9As in the SPM, an 11-year-old home alone on Mother’s Day and a 12-year-old on a school holiday break, all committed suicide in unrelated cases. They are recent suicides highlighted in the media, and they are putting the spotlight on the distress faced by Malaysian youth.Diana (not her real name) was 19 when she attempted suicide by overdosing on sleeping tablets. “You would not have pegged me as the suicidal type....
Sumitra Selvaraj
is a writer and television talk show executive producer. She is also known as @sareesandstories on Instagram, where she writes about her journey through the daily drape.
