Suicide: Nigeria ranks top 5 suicide-prone country

Although mental health awareness is slowly becoming a mainstay of contemporary media, one wonders how the Nigerian perception of mental health is with statistics that rank Nigeria as a top five suicide prone country, according to a WHO report.

Sadly, Quite often, relatives and friends and the general public do not understand the symptoms of suicide not until after the harm has been done.

The burden and urge to commit suicide are normally borne in the heart. with THE INCREASING RATE OF SUICIDE IN Nigeria,  It is important that people should begin to take every abnormal behavior or violent remarks serious.

Careless statements of frustration should not be ignored but watched closely. Joining us via a Skype interview is clinical psychologist to weigh in on the matter.