Authors
Dr. Kanchana Kohombange, Dr. Ranjeet Kumar Singh
Abstract
Suicide indicates the main category of avoidable death in many countries and communities. Suicide is dramatically different, as its causes. In most cases, there's no single cause, but rather a large number of contributing factors. Suicide, addiction, and depression have an in-depth and interconnected relationship with one another. Depression and drug abuse associate to make a spiteful circle that each one too often ends up in suicide. Many of them who experience such severe depression commonly address drugs, alcohol, gambling, and other risky behaviors to numb their pain and/or alleviate their adverse feelings. The key objective of this research was to provide the prior identification of suicide tendencies of a person through hand analysis. Obtaining two types of clear handprints who already attempt suicide several times. Also studied the hands of people who fall victim to suicide. Examined the handprints. Their numerous aspects were observed under four main streams. Findings can help to speculate about how the death occurred. For example, murders are often made to resemble suicides. Sometimes if the antagonist is shrewd enough, suicide can be staged to look like a homicide. Hands of people who fall victim to suicide denote drooping headlines or abnormal headlines, many crisscross lines over the palm area, dark spots, and abnormal finger lengths very commonly. Dermatoglyphic results and the elemental texture of the friction ridge skin show a major connection between preferred suicide methods. Results showed that suicide completers had considerably higher scores on the personality dimension of introversion. Also, those with a drug abuse disorder are most expected to aim suicide at some point in their life. The results will help mental health professionals to more accurately assess and diagnose any underlying mental health concerns so that they can be properly treated. Keywords: Chirognomy, Chiromancy, Dermatoglyphics, hand gestures, hand analyzing
Introduction
The science of Hand analysis is mesmerizing. It is almost expresses everything in human life. The lines on the palm area predict many events within the lifetime of an individual. Most of the individuals who have suicidal feelings don't continue to make suicide attempts. But suicidal feelings are considered as a risk factor. Suicidal ideation is usually related to depression, unhappiness and other mood disorders. Nevertheless, it can be associated with many other mental disorders, life events, and family events, which can increase the danger of suicidal ideation (Ilgen and Kleinberg, 2011). The headline which echoes the line of life, running in an exceedingly deep curve towards the middle of the wrist has always been taken as a strong indication of suicidal tendencies (Benham, 1901). Certainly, such a line would only be found on an individual who is extremely dominated by imagination. That person is completely out of touch with reality. Most of the time it is accompanied by the tendency to depression and a powerful desire to escape from life. Usually, it's been considered that an individual who commits suicide is a sensitive or sentimental sort of action (Gettings, 1967).
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| APA Style | Kohombange, Dr. K. & Singh, Dr. R. K. (2021). Recognizing Suicidal Tendencies through Hand Analysis. Academic Journal of Forensic Sciences, 04(01), 01–06. |
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