Sunday, June 19, 2011

Why the spate of recent teen suicides in Singapore?


In just four weeks, there have been at least three reported cases of teen suicides in Singapore.
Lim En Han and Krystal Aki Mizoguchi, both 18, and Darryle Tan Guan Wei, 16, all fell to their deaths.
 Lim was a bright Hwa Chong Institution student who had been facing relationship problems and difficulties with studies, while Mizoguchi was depressed after bad 'A'-Level results ruined her chances of getting into a local university.

Darryle Tan, a Sec 4 Express student, had been suspended from school for getting into trouble.
While the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) said there are no major differences in the causes for teen suicide compared to previous years, it did point out that teens nowadays are more internet-savvy and have easier access to social media.

 For example, based on anecdotal experience, bullies "have become more sophisticated and have taken to cyber-bullying to taunt their victims", said Sivananda Penchaliah, principal educational psychologist at the IMH. More...

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