Breaking the Silence: Addressing the Rise of Teenage Suicide Cases in Indonesia

The rise of suicide cases experienced by teenagers lately often appears on social media. The issue of mental health problems should receive more attention from various groups. Data from the Indonesian Ministry of Health in 2018 states that at least 1 in 16 people aged 15 and over is diagnosed with depression. If this situation continues to be ignored, it is feared that the case will increase over time. But unfortunately, people lack awareness of the understanding that it is important for everyone to get psychological treatment. Suicide cases in adolescents who have recently become a hot topic of conversation on social media such as what happened to a student of a university in Semarang who ended his life by jumping from a mall building in Semarang and a Semarang student who also ended his life in her boarding room.