{"id":78380,"date":"2022-12-21T11:12:26","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T10:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/depression-leading-cause-of-suicide-experts"},"modified":"2022-12-21T12:26:40","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T11:26:40","slug":"depression-leading-cause-of-suicide-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/depression-leading-cause-of-suicide-experts","title":{"rendered":"Depression leading cause of suicide \u2013 Experts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>There has been an upsurge in suicide, especially among young people, in the last twelve months.<\/p>\n

On a frequent basis, suicide cases continue to flood social media space, with many instances under-reported.<\/p>\n

It is even more worrisome to know that the World Health Organization (WHO), in its 2019 report \u201cSuicide in the world: global health estimates\u201d, said Nigeria had become one of the epicentres of suicide in the world with a suicide estimate of 17.3 per 100, 000. This is higher than the global (10.5 per 100,000) and Africa (12.0 per 100,000) estimates.<\/p>\n

DAILY POST reported a mixed trend of successful and failed suicide cases within the last two months. One involved a student in Kebbi State,<\/p>\n

Apart from the above incident, a father took his own life in Imo State.<\/p>\n

The middle-aged man, Austine (Biggy), allegedly committed suicide at Umunwalo off CGG road Irete, Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State. The deceased reportedly hanged himself on a ceiling fan in his room.<\/p>\n

Another incident involved a final-year student at the Federal Polytechnic Oko<\/p>\n

DAILY POST gathered that the young man allegedly committed suicide over a failed relationship.<\/p>\n

A source said the incident happened at Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra.<\/p>\n

Also, in November, DAILY POST reported about a lady who jumped into a lagoon in Lagos State. The incident occurred at the Third Mainland Bridge around 10 a.m.<\/p>\n

A Consultant Psychiatrist at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki and National Publicity Secretary of the Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria, Dr Okwudili Obayi told DAILY POST in an interview that \u201cThere is a link between economic status and mental health, which leads to suicide.\u201d<\/p>\n

Obayi noted that when Nigeria experienced an economic recession in 2015 and 2016, suicide was at a high rate.<\/p>\n

He said that bad economic situations always come with many mental health challenges, stemming from worries by people about how they will survive.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany things come into play: one, there is economic instability. It affects so many things, it leads to increased crime, it leads to terrorism, it leads to poor work output and invariably will affect a man\u2019s psyche. Anybody who witnesses terrorism will come down with mental health challenges \u2013 anxiety, depression and all that.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat efforts is the government making to find out why persons attempt suicide? No normal person with normal thinking can attempt suicide, but people think it is the best option at that moment. A lot of factors contribute, and those factors are what the government should come in and address,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the DAILY POST concerning the issue, a health expert, Dr Robsam Ohayi, said, \u201cpeople lose hope and do not think there is any way back for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ohayi, an associate professor, who doubles as the Chief Consultant Pathologist at Enugu State University Teaching Hospital and the Dean of the Faculty of Basic Clinical Sciences at Enugu State University College of Medicine, Parklane, Enugu, noted that depression is the primary cause of suicide.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe chief cause of suicide is depression. And that is why psychiatrists are warning us that if people are depressed, they should present themselves. That is why they warn us that if we find people who are depressed, who are our family members or friends, we need to be closer to them. So the primary cause of suicide is depression.<\/p>\n

\u201cDepressed people must have manifested symptoms or signs over a period of time. But then there are sets of people who kill themselves rapidly, it may just happen, and they kill themselves. So when people suffer certain losses which they think they cannot bear, it may be a loss of a dear one, it may be an economic loss, or when people are not able to absorb certain shocks in life, they just feel like the best thing to do is to end it.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut everything comes back to the loss of hope \u2013 people just lose hope and do not think there is any way back for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The health expert also lamented that the stigmatisation of victims of suicide has not helped in addressing the issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf someone had attempted suicide, for instance, you do not shift the person away from the circle of people. In fact, this is the time to integrate the person, to make the person part of an active member of the community because he has shown a tendency to commit suicide.<\/p>\n

\u201cAssuming someone even committed suicide, we often find that the families become stigmatised in the communities; they are prevented from taking part in some social and religious rites in the community, such as marriages and tittle taking.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe person may not even be buried. So when you do this, what does it do? If people have any tendency to suicide, they will not come forward or present themselves to where they may get care,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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