Madhya Pradesh will be the first State in the country to draft a suicide prevention strategy and the government has formed a task force it, said State Medical Education Minister Vishvas Sarang on Saturday.
The task force comprises of a range subject experts such as psychiatrists, legal experts, researchers, academics and social workers. Six sub-committees have been formed to analyse the causative and preventive strategies and the task force has been mandated to submit a report in two months.
“Each sub-committee has been given a specific mandate – such as understanding the sociological factors, suggesting preventive methods, devising ways to raise mass awareness and suggesting newer methods for the training of professionals and individuals. They will also look at how the laws can be strengthened or diluted to improve the situation and understand the inter-sectoral linkages in suicide prevention,” Mr. Sarang told The Hindu.
