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As the Investigation Committee informs 798 cases of suicides of minors were reported in 2010 on the territory of the RF, 896 in 2011 and only in the first semester of 2012 – 532 cases.

The Investigation Committee analysis showed that the most part of the children that committed a suicide were in need of support not only from social educator and psychotherapist but also from crime prevention bodies in the light of different difficulties in their families and hard social conditions.

Besides that, some cases of wrongful evaluation of situations by the Ministry of Healthcare or by the bodies preventing the extreme mental manifestations of the children that committed a suicide were reported. The aid provided often did not correspond to the situation, the Investigation Committee highlights.

As it was informed during a press conference by a family doctor, Doctor of Sciences Yelena Zmanovskaya, the number of suicides among little and minor children is now critical, it is a real issue. If the correlation of 7 infant suicides is to 100 thousand people on the planet, than in Russia the index is 19-20.

According to the Center of Crisis Psychology Head of Unit Valentina Yakovenko during 9 months of 2012 the calls from children with respect to committing a suicide increased 3 times and the calls from parents complaining on harmful addictions of their children increased 6 times.