With the new move to abolish Section 309 of the Penal Code, however, it appears as if a different approach to the problem is now being taken seriously by those in power.
We did not quantitatively investigate the possible factors influencing the suicide rates and trends.
The National Suicide Registry Malaysia was first developed in 2007 with the aim to create a nationwide system to capture data on death by suicide in Malaysia.
Expand The countries will focus on in this chapter are Brunei, Cambodia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam, where there appears to be specific predisposing and risk factors, psychiatric diagnoses, and access to means of self-harm among youth who either thought of suicide, attempt suicide, or complete suicide in the majority of these countries.
Past studies on suicide rates in Malaysia have shown consistently lower-than-average rates.
It has always been a matter of life and death; it is time it is treated as such.