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 ...
Tag: Suicide prevention
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 ...
Decriminalise Attempted Suicide – SOFPOG
The Society of Family Physicians of Ghana (SOFPOG) has called on the executive, legislature, and the judiciary to consider reviewing ...
Halt Occultism In Schools – Psychotherapist
A clinical psychotherapist has called on management of educational institutions to take bold measures to halt occultism practices on school ...
Halt Occultism In Schools
A clinical psychotherapist has called on management of educational institutions to take bold measures to halt occultism practices on school ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Tragedy of the Dying and Media Insensitivity
By: Eugenia Ntekor The past few weeks have seen a lot of media reportage of suicides in Ghana. It started ...
Mainstream Media Is Responsible For Rampant Suicides In Ghana.
There is no doubt that the rate at which Ghanaians are committing suicide has really skyrocketed over the past few ...
Suicidal Persons Fall On Newly Set-Up Helpline
Thirty people have so far called the helpline four days after it was set up by the Mental Health Authority ...
Teen Suicide On the Rise Amongst Canadian Girls
Suicide amongst young women is on the rise. When it comes to mental health, is gender the elephant in the ...
Society Has Failed Youth – Mental Health Authority
Society has not lived up to its responsibilities towards the youth hence the rise in suicide rates among young persons ...
We All Have A Role To Play In Suicide Prevention
Movie personality Lydia Forson has tasked Ghanaians to join forces and help prevent the recent suicide incidences. The “Keteke” movie ...
Decriminalise Attempted Suicide Now – Dr Osei Calls As Mental Health Authority
The Mental Health Authority (MHA) is calling on Parliament to decriminalize attempted suicide “if the fight against suicide is to ...