Memdani Laila, Memdani Azim, Memdani Anisha
Faculty of Social Sciences, IFHE University, Hyderabad, Telangana.
Resident Doctor, Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital, Nagpur, Maharashtra.
Indian J Community Med. 2024 Jul-Aug;49(4):629-632. doi: 10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_206_22. Epub 2024 Jul 3.
Suicides by the farmers' is increasing in India. From 2005 to 2020, 319,598 famers committed suicide and in states of AP and Telangana this number was 319,598 which is 28% of the total. It implies that more than one quarter of the total number of farmers' who committed suicide in the ountry were from Telangana and AP. Worldwide farming is considered as a high risk occupation for mental diseases. May be because of the nature of farming and the risk of natural calamities. The study aims to identify the factors that contribute to farmer suicides in Telangana andAndhra Pradesh (AP) and to propose preventive solutions for the problem. In this research in-depth interviews were done with the close relatives ofthe person who committed suicide and qualitative methodology is used. We find that the main causes of farmers suicides are economic and not themental health of the farmers.
印度农民自杀率正在上升。2005年至2020年期间，有319598名农民自杀，在安得拉邦和特伦甘纳邦，这一数字为319598人，占总数的28%。这意味着该国自杀农民总数的四分之一以上来自特伦甘纳邦和安得拉邦。在全球范围内，农业被视为患精神疾病的高风险职业。这可能是由于农业的性质和自然灾害的风险。该研究旨在确定导致特伦甘纳邦和安得拉邦农民自杀的因素，并针对该问题提出预防解决方案。在这项研究中，对自杀者的近亲进行了深入访谈，并采用了定性研究方法。我们发现，农民自杀的主要原因是经济因素，而非农民的心理健康。
