The Society of Family Physicians of Ghana (SOFPOG) has called on the executive, legislature, and the judiciary to consider reviewing laws that criminalise attempted suicide in Ghana. The Society said government and other law enforcement agencies must focus on measures that will provide the framework for suicide prevention and the management of persons who attempt … Read more
“13 Reasons Why,” a hit Netflix show in which a teenager slits her wrists and leaves behind 13 tapes as clues to what made her do it, has alarmed US mental health experts who fear it glorifies suicide. While the show’s creators insist they are performing a public service, they tread a very fine line … Read more
By: Eugenia Ntekor The past few weeks have seen a lot of media reportage of suicides in Ghana. It started off with a suicide of a KNUST student, University of Ghana student, a 16 year old, a driver, a 12 year old and a woman who reportedly died by suicide near a clinic in the … Read more
There is no doubt that the rate at which Ghanaians are committing suicide has really skyrocketed over the past few months. About two weeks ago, myjoyonline reported a suicide case involving the daughter of a parliamentarian. It was obviously a big deal because it involved the daughter of a bigwig in our society. A week … Read more
There is no doubt that the rate at which Ghanaians are committing suicide has really skyrocketed over the past few months. About two weeks ago, myjoyonline reported a suicide case involving the daughter of a parliamentarian. It was obviously a big deal because it involved the daughter of a bigwig in our society. A week … Read more
The Chief Executive Officer of the Mental Health Authority (MHA), Dr Akwasi Osei, has admonished government to scrap attempted suicide from the list of criminal offences on the country’s books. According to him, “attempted suicide is not a criminal issue, neither is it a moral issue or spiritual problem”. This was contained in a press … Read more
The number of people in Britain’s England and Wales killing themselves continues to rise each year, but is almost 30 percent lower than a peak in 1981, Britain’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) said Saturday. The government agency issued figures to mark the World Suicide Prevention Day organised jointly by the International Association for Suicide … Read more