Some mental health practitioners say there are no life challenges to justify why any human being should commit suicide.
The practitioners made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Lagos.
The practitioners, who expressed concerns about the spate of suicide in the country, said that suicide should not be an option for any kind of life’s challenges because challenges were part of life.
According to Dr Veronica Nyamali, National Vice-President, Association of Psychiatrists of Nigeria (APN), life should also be seen from a mixed angle of good, sweet and bad.
Nyamali also expressed concern that there were a lot of challenges including economic downturns and hardships in Nigeria.
She said that it was unfortunate that some people considered suicide, resorted to drug abuse or engaged in immoral behaviour because of such challenges.
She urged Nigerians to take life easy and develop positive coping and adaptive mechanisms rather than considering negative thoughts like committing suicide when faced with challenges
