Resources

Suicide Statistics 

1. Kerala Suicide Statistics
2.     India Suicide Statistics
   
   
   

Articles on Kerala Suicide Scenario

1. "Analysis of Kerala Suicide Statistics" , article by P.O. George, Social Scientist. (Download Article in PDF format)

2. "Suicide among Women in Kerala", article by P.O. George, Social Scientist (Download Article in PDF format)

3. "Postmortem of the Living"  article by Dr. CJ John, Psychiatrist and Founder Director of Maithri describes the harrowing experiences of a mother who lost her daughter to suicide. (Download Article
   in PDF format)

4. "Comfort to Suicide Stricken Families: Can the Media Help?" article by Dr. CJ John, Psychiatrist and Founder Director of Maithri. The article addresses the effects of media coverage on suicides and summarises experts' recommendations on how to achieve "responsible reporting" of suicides. (Download Article in PDF format)

5. "Family Murder Suicides in Kerala" article by Dr. CJ John, Psychiatrist and Founder Director of
   Maithri. (Download Article in PDF format)
   
   
   

Questionnaire on Befriending - in Malayalam

1. "Befriending Approaches for You" is a questionnaire developed by Maithri for training general public in suicide prevention.  The questionnaire describes four real life situations where one comes across of persons undergoing emotional distress. Each situation provides for three responses and you have to pick that response which can result in providing emotional support to the person in distress. (Download the questionnaire in PDF format).

Volunteer Write-ups

1. "Service with a Difference" article by Nandu describes how he came across one of Maithri's volunteers and experienced supportive friendliness. (Download the article in PDF format).
   
2. "Why I am a Volunteer with Maithri?", by Rajesh who describes his motivations to join Maithri and the satisfaction he draws from being a volunteer. (Download the article in PDF format)