World Suicide Prevention Day: Practice Seeing Psychotherapists – Ghanaians Advised
Atik Mohammed has charged the nation to normalize the practice of consulting psychotherapist to prevent suicide attempts and other mental-related issues.
Tuesday, September 10, marked World Suicide Prevention Day to raise awareness about the prevention of suicide globally.
Every year, over 700000Â people take their own life and there are many more people who make suicide attempts, according to a research.
Ghana is ranked 64th on the list of countries by suicide rate and over 500 people have reportedly attempted suicide in the country this year.
Eighty-one Ghanaians are estimated to have died by suicide as at June 30th this year.
Discussing this on Peace FM’s “Kokrokoo” show, Atik called on government and the citizenry to take mental health issues seriously.
He encouraged people to visit therapists, stressing seeing a therapist when one is depressed or faces a traumatic situation is a significant factor in the prevention of suicide.
“We need rehabilitation centres; it’s very important. Every hospital, district, in fact even CHPS at some point, we should have some therapists there…Let’s normalize the practice of seeing psychologists, therapits and so on. It will help us a lot”, he stated.
Source: Ghmessenger.com
