Depressed student who thought taking anti-depressants was the 'ultimate shame' kills herself
23-year-old Xinyu Wang was found hanging inside her bedroom after college staff became concerned that she had missed several of her lectures
An inquest into the death of a Chinese masters student studying accounting and financial management at the Lancaster University who killed herself heard that she refused to take anti-depressant medication because she believed it would be seen as the "ultimate shame" for her family back home.
According to the Daily Mail, 23-year-old Xinyu Wang did not believe in the concept of mental illness and thought it would be regarded as "culturally appropriate" in her native China. Before her suicide, she had been admitted to the hospital this past January after she cut her wrists in her college accommodation.
