Online ‘suicide’ Searches Spiked After Netflix’s ’13 Reasons Why’
Online searches about suicide and suicidal methods soared in the weeks following the release of controversial Netflix drama "13 Reasons ...
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Japan Aims To Reduce Suicides By 30% In 10 Years
Japan aims to cut suicides by 30 percent over 10 years, with the government Tuesday approving a plan which seeks ...
Suicidologist Campaigns Discrimination Against Suicide
Dr Joseph Osafo, a Clinical Psychologist and Suicidologist, is advocating the de-criminalisation of suicide from the laws of Ghana. He ...
Late Punk Pioneer Alan Vega’s Album Due Next Month
The first track from a posthumous album of punk pioneer and Suicide singer Alan Vega was released on Monday, featuring ...
Decriminalise Attempted Suicide – SOFPOG
The Society of Family Physicians of Ghana (SOFPOG) has called on the executive, legislature, and the judiciary to consider reviewing ...
US Teen Suicide Series Triggers Alarm Among Educators, Experts
"13 Reasons Why," a hit Netflix show in which a teenager slits her wrists and leaves behind 13 tapes as ...
Family Doctors Fear That the Worst Is Yet To Come
The theme for this year’s celebration is ‘Depression and suicide - the role of the family physician’ Family Doctors fear ...
The ‘Blue Whale’ Suicide Challenge That’s Killing Kids
A so-called suicide game that’s allegedly targeting teens in Russia may now be finding its way around the globe, specifically ...
Depression… the Silent Killer
Sixteen years ago my family and I got involved in a traffic accident and unfortunately, our youngest brother Apache passed ...
Restoring Mental Health’s Dignity
On December 31, 2016, a few hours before the New Year, a 28-year-old man allegedly ended his life. Media reports ...
Depression and Spate of Suicide In Ghana [Article]
According to an updated fact of the World Health Organisation (WHO, March 2017), one of the key facts of depression ...
Mental Health Failings Contributing To Suicides
The Chief Executive Officer of the Mental Health Authority, Dr. Akwesi Osei, has blamed the recent suicide cases in the ...
Murder In Masquerade
First year university lady from KNUST; Final year university student from UG; 16 years old girlfrom New Tafo in the ...
Understanding Suicide, Everyone Is At Risk
Adolescent suicide is real. Reported cases in the media in the first two months and three weeks of the year, ...
Group Pushes For Repeal of ‘outmoded’ Suicide Law
A psychology lecturer, Emmanuel Nii Boye Quarshie, and others, plan to petition Parliament to decriminalize suicide. In an interview with ...
Pay Attention To Mental Health Care
An appeal has been made to the government to focus its attention on mental health care. Madam Ruth Okyere of ...
Decriminalize Suicide
A clinical psychologist Dr. Samuel Atindanbila has called for the country’s law on suicide to be reviewed to help reduce ...
Preventing Or Reducing Suicides; A Psychiatric Nurse’s Viewpoint
About seven suicide cases have been reported in the print and electronic media over the past few weeks. Though the ...
Education On Suicide Intensified As Ghana Records 14 Cases In Three Months
The increasing spate of young people committing suicide has compelled the Ashanti Regional Mental Health Directorate to intensify public education ...
Regrettably and Painfully So, Suicide Is Gradually Creeping Into Our Society. The Evidence?
Over the last three weeks, we have had reports of seven people committing suicide including two young female undergraduates from ...