This has always been the case. When the patient says something, people don’t take him/her seriously. When he harms himself, that is called attention seeking behavior by the world. I think it’s an emotional abuse to call a victim attention seeker. A person who is badly hurt won’t be interested in sympathies of people. Anyhow, finally when the person kills himself, they are surprised as they never saw the signs.
Some just blame the victim as judging happens to be a favourite hobby of people. I don’t know if society’s ever going to change. I really don’t expect much though.