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India has one of the world’s highest youth suicide rates, with the Andaman & Nicobar Islands among its most affected regions. While academic tension, unemployment, financial hardship, and relationship loss are visible triggers, this paper argues that youth suicide is rooted in an evolutionary mismatch: the brain’s “survival wiring” misinterprets modern symbolic stressors as existential threats. Drawing on neurobiological and psychological research, the paper explores how amygdala-driven stress responses, neurotransmitter changes, and prefrontal cortex suppression contribute to suicidal impulses during crisis. Social amplifiers such as stigma and digital overload further intensify these vulnerabilities. The paper recommends evidence-based preventive strategies mindfulness and meditation integration, cognitive-behavioral interventions, regular mental health assessments, and community support to restore balance between ancient survival circuitry and present-day pressures. By reframing suicide as a neurobiological and social problem rather than a personal failure, this analysis calls for compassion-based, science-driven prevention in the region.
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"FROM PREDATORS TO PRESSURE: EVOLUTIONARY BRAIN WIRING AND THE YOUTH SUICIDE CRISIS IN THE ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS", International Journal of Science & Engineering Development Research (www.ijrti.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.10, Issue 9, page no.a284-a291, September-2025, Available :http://www.ijrti.org/papers/IJRTI2509035.pdf
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