One Million People Commit Suicide Every Year

Suicide is one of the three leading causes of death among young people world wide and those factors such as parental separation, divorce, family discord, and child abuse force youngsters to drink and use drugs in order to vent off their anger and depression

HYDERABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 06th Nov, 2017 ) :Suicide is one of the three leading causes of death among young people world wide and those factors such as parental separation, divorce, family discord, and child abuse force youngsters to drink and use drugs in order to vent off their anger and depression.

Talking to APP here on Monday, eminent Psychiatric and chief medical officer of Sir Cowas Ji Institute (C J Institute) Hyderabad Professor :Dr.Azhar Iqbal Memon said that suicide is a global issue and leading cause of death in the world claiming live of around one million people every year in the world.

He said that suicide is a multi-dimensional disorder, which results from a complex interaction of biological, genetic, psychological and environmental factors. Psychiatric Dr.Azhar Iqbal Memon said that some psychology experts also agreed with the fact that majority of the suicides are usually linked to economic difficulties but there are present other reasons behind commitment of suicides and these reasons can be depressive disorders, unemployment, domestic violence, parental separation, growing economic instability, child abuse, bullying, rising inflation and loss of social cohesion which force a person to end his or her life or release them from the pain they are suffering from.

Dr.Azhar Iqbal Memon said that Pakistan has witnessed a series of suicide bombings in recent years. In suicide bombing a suicide bomber blows himself, also causing an immense and fatal destruction in the areas around it, he said and added that suicide bombing is also one of the reasons that enable a person to commit suicide and end his life through such a sinful way.

Dr. Memon said that the facts revealed that suicide has not only become a major health problem in Pakistan, but despite this there are no official statistics and national rates are unknown. "The other reason to support this aspect is also that when a person attempts suicide his or her family usually tries to cover this act and claims this incident as merely an incident".

he said. He said that the surveys and analysis revealed that suicide rate has become more common in youth then in adult in many countries. " Suicide rates among youth are increasing due to unemployment, pressure of work and studies, depression, anxiety and financial problems".

Dr.Azhar Iqbal Memon further elaborated that Pakistan's population is 162 million and ranked as the 6th most populous country in the world. He said that Pakistan is also a Muslim country and according to islam suicide is considered forbidden and prohibited.

Dr.Azhar Iqbal Memon said that suicide and depression are linked to each other as more than 80 percent of people who commit suicide suffering from depression. He said studies suggest that lifetime risk of suicide in people with depression was 15 percent, with alcoholism 7-15 percent and with schizophrenia, 4-10 percent.However, a substantial proportion of people who commit suicide die without having seen a mental health professional, he said and added that detection, and referral and management of psychiatric disorders in Primary care was an important step in suicide prevention.