Is suicide becoming a new normal in Nigeria?, By Kayode Ojewale - Premium Times Nigeria

– Glenn Close, American Actresscases in Nigeria. While many believe that the reason behind suicide attempts is frustration occasioned by poverty, it goes beyond that as there is more than meets the eye. If that assertion holds true, then we should have only poor people on record lists of those who died by suicide or had attempted suicide. Both the rich and poor exhibit suicidal tendencies.

One’s mental health is touched when his thoughts and actions are always against normalcy. Mental health is not just the absence of disease, infirmity, disorder or disability, it is a state of complete wellbeing physically and mentally. The definition, by implication, means mental health refers to cognitive and emotional wellbeing.

How we think, feel, interact and act are all largely affected by the current state of our mental health. It therefore means that our mental health is an integral part of our health and completely encompasses our whole life and living. The ability of an individual to cope with stress, contain his emotions and other challenges of life reveals how healthy he is mentally. A mental aberration occurs when our actions, thinking and feelings are out of control or no longer ordered.

There is no good health without good mental health. Biological, socioeconomic and environmental factors are major determinants of one’s mental health. If attention is not paid to these factors, then one is failing in mental health care. We must not leave the responsibility of taking care of our mental health to chance. Proper awareness of mental health would help in the care and treatment of persons who are mentally unhealthy.

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