Preventing Suicide Contagion

Mental health encompasses cognitive, behavioural, and emotional well-being. It is about how we think, react, live and behave. Sound mental health is essential for quality life, good relationships, and ultimately good physical health. The stigma attached to mental health has greatly deterred people talk about it openly and thus has remained a hidden problem in our society, especially in our part of the world. Among many mental health issues, suicide is often associated with stigma, and reporting a suicidal event needs careful consideration.