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RATES OF SUICIDES IN ARMENIA CONCERNING - DEUTCHE WELLE
NEWS.AM
July 11, 2012 | 21:20
YEREVAN. - People are ready to willingly give up their lives first
of all because of economic problems. In total, 47 suicides have been
registered as of the first six months in Armenia and this figure is
almost 1.5 times higher than the ones for the same period in 2011.
Sociologists and psychologists point out the economic situation in the
country as the main reason for suicides, Deutche Welle reports. People
of different ages, occupations and social statuses easily say good
bye to their lives. And still the main reason for suicide is the hard
social and economic situation in the country.
This opinion is shared by the President of the Armenian Sociological
Association Gevorg Poghosyan. In an interview to Deutche Welle, he
stressed that every individual might have a specific reason for a
suicide and, as a rule, the annual number of suicides in the world
remains more or less the same. But if a sharp increase is recorded,
it will be the indicative of changes in the social environment. It
will be definitely hard not to agree that here the main reason is
the economic crisis.
The unemployment rate in the country is about 40% and is one of
the highest rates in the CIS. Migrants working abroad are not able
to appropriately support their families in Armenia; the volume of
remittances has decreased. More than 30% of Armen population lives
below the poverty line today.
Meanwhile, the psychologist Kamo Vardanyan told Deutche Welle, that
the level of suicides in Armenia is not considered critical. In his
words, the number of suicides is increasing worldwide.
NEWS.AM
July 11, 2012 | 21:20
YEREVAN. - People are ready to willingly give up their lives first
of all because of economic problems. In total, 47 suicides have been
registered as of the first six months in Armenia and this figure is
almost 1.5 times higher than the ones for the same period in 2011.
Sociologists and psychologists point out the economic situation in the
country as the main reason for suicides, Deutche Welle reports. People
of different ages, occupations and social statuses easily say good
bye to their lives. And still the main reason for suicide is the hard
social and economic situation in the country.
This opinion is shared by the President of the Armenian Sociological
Association Gevorg Poghosyan. In an interview to Deutche Welle, he
stressed that every individual might have a specific reason for a
suicide and, as a rule, the annual number of suicides in the world
remains more or less the same. But if a sharp increase is recorded,
it will be the indicative of changes in the social environment. It
will be definitely hard not to agree that here the main reason is
the economic crisis.
The unemployment rate in the country is about 40% and is one of
the highest rates in the CIS. Migrants working abroad are not able
to appropriately support their families in Armenia; the volume of
remittances has decreased. More than 30% of Armen population lives
below the poverty line today.
Meanwhile, the psychologist Kamo Vardanyan told Deutche Welle, that
the level of suicides in Armenia is not considered critical. In his
words, the number of suicides is increasing worldwide.