Is suicide a medical problem or a social issue: a review

ABSTRACT

Suicide has become a major social and medical problem around the world. Most people commit suicide because they don't know any other answer for their problems. Death by suicide, in reality, is an attempt to escape psychic pain. Suicide appears to be the only option left for people who, after trying to solve life's crisis, find themselves in a hopeless situation. Some people figure it would be better if they were just dead. Suicide is a tragic phenomenon that has preoccupied professionals from a variety of disciplines. Psychiatrists' ability to predict and prevent this tragic event is limited. Recent advances in brain chemistry and genetic studies have brought with them new hope that many of these deaths can be prevented. Deaths by suicides are increasing in our society at an alarming pace. But only social reasons [i.e. poverty, inflation, injustice, unemployment etc] are not to be blamed. This review is based on the medical causes related to suicide