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Depression in universities rising fast

According to the Depression and Other Common Mental Disorders report released in 2017, an estimated 788,000 people committed suicide in 2015. [Courtesy]

Dear mum and dad, I am sorry I had to do this. I love you guys so much, but I can’t take it any longer. Life has become unbearable. I cannot live like this anymore.”

This is the note a 24-year-old university student, who committed suicide in March, this year, left her family.

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