She added that 7.2 per cent of cases referred to psychiatrist services in LUTH were cases related to suicide. She said: “The number of suicide deaths reported as at 2019 is 7,019, according to World Health Organisation (WHO) — 5,110 males and 1,909 females — over five years study period at LUTH’. But among these causative factors, economic hardship occupies the driver’s position. The federal and state governments must tackle the current economic adversity bedeviling the country; promote peace by transforming our current culture of war and violence to a culture of peace and non-violence. • Jerome-Mario Utomi, Programme Coordinator (Media and Public Policy), Social and Economic Justice Advocacy (SEJA), wrote from Lagos.

Source: The Guardian November 21, 2021 03:24 UTC