World Suicide Prevention Day: Cases of suicide are increasing rapidly across the world. In the present busy life, people are facing tension, depression and stress. Most of these people give up and choose the path of suicide. To prevent suicide cases, World Suicide Prevention Day is celebrated all over the world on 10 September every year.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), every year around 7 lakh people across the world commit suicide. But the surprising thing is that the number of young people in this list is high. In such a situation, the need to make people aware about suicide increases even more. Let us know about World Suicide Prevention Day, its importance and how depression is related to suicide.
How did it start?
Let us tell you that in the year 2003, the International Association for Suicide Prevention started celebrating this day on 10 September. After this, this step was greatly appreciated all over the world. The next year in 2004, WHO formally sponsored World Suicide Prevention Day. Since then, World Suicide Prevention Day started being celebrated every year on 10 September. This year the theme of World Suicide Prevention Day 2023 has been 'Creating Hope Through Action'. It means 'creating hope through action'.
Anyway, you must have known how World Suicide Prevention Day started. But now we are going to tell you about the most important aspect that how suicide is related to depression. What do mental health experts say on this?
How is depression related to suicide?
It seems as if depression has become an important part of human life today. From small to big, every person is struggling with this problem. But when depression increases, it even ends a person's life. In this regard, we asked mental health expert Dr. A.K. Tried to find out by talking to Kumar . Dr. A.K. in the Department of Mental Disease in District Joint Hospital Ghaziabad. Kumar explains that depression that persists for a long time becomes chronic depression. In this situation, a person's ability to think and understand is affected, he loses interest in his life and commits suicide.
How to avoid depression
Experts believe that if a person is suffering from depression then it is most important for them to get adequate sleep.
spend time with yourself
tell time in nature
do your favorite things
Keep yourself physically active and meditate
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