Suicide in focus on World Mental Health Day

South Africa joins several countries in marking World Mental Health Day today and psychiatrist and Sasop member Dr Kobus Roux said the country’s estimated suicide rate of 13.4 people per 100,000 was about four times that of the global rate of 3.6 per 100,000.

He said gaps in SA’s public and private healthcare system needed to be closed if the country was to reduce the risk of self-harm. WHO has warned that if no urgent action is taken, by 2030 depression, which, in many instances, leads to people being suicidal, would be a leading illness globally. Private and public healthcare sectors grossly failed patients by not providing for follow-ups and ongoing treatment for individuals at risk.

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