Every 40 seconds, a life is lost to suicide across the world, says data provided by the World Health Organization. World Mental Health Day is observed by the World Federation for Mental Health and highlights on the fact that close to 800,000 people die of suicide every year. The second leading cause of death for people between the ages of 15 to 29, suicide can be prevented with timely, evidence-based, low-cost interventions.This year, World Mental Health Day is focusing on suicide prevention. Keeping this in mind, the WHO has launched an intervention-based campaign — ‘40 seconds of action’.
According to experts, this short window of time is all that it takes for someone to hurt themselves. It also all the time that is needed to save someone from themselves, give them hope and a chance to live.One needs a sensitive approach, creating openness in the environment to combat the issue. A…
