KATHMANDU, Sept 10: Psychiatrists and psychoanalysts have emphasized the roles of each sector to prevent suicide, stressing making the community aware to discourage suicide tendency.
As countries including Nepal mark World Suicide Prevention Day today, the people concerned said observing the Day just for the sake of it will not be effective in reducing suicide rates.
Psychiatrist Dr Narendra Singh Thagunna said the three-tier government, social organisations and the media should own up responsibilities for making people aware about suicide prevention. He said that nobody in Nepal is seriously working to prevent suicide and the cases of suicide are on the rise each year.
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In the last 10 years, over 56,000 people have committed suicide with around 7,000 cases last year alone in the country and the figure is significantly more in comparison to the data of the previous one decade. Nepal Police Spokesperson Deputy Inspector General of Police Kuber Kadayat also said the cases of suicide have been increasing in recent years and intervention in this trend is urgently needed.
It is said suicide rates were relatively high during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mental health should be a priority for all, he added.
According to Dr Thagunna, any individual likely to commit suicide may exhibit some specific gestures and the possible loss could be prevented if such gestures could be noticed on time and the person could be given timely attention by the family or others.
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