Bringing Attention to Differences in Suicide Around the World

Would suicide prevention day ទិវាការពារទល់នឹងអត្តឃាតពិភពលោក

all over the world ពាសពេញពិភពលោក      kill themselves សម្លាប់ខ្លួនឯង

road accident គ្រោះថ្នាក់ចរាចរ                     as do ដូចដែល             methods វិធី

overdose ហួសកំណត់                                 agricultural areas តំបន់កសិកម្ម

warning signs សញ្ញាព្រមាន                          sudden បន្ទាន់ភ្លាម      feeling trapped មានអារម្មណ៍ជាប់អន្ទាក់                                                                     communicate ទាក់ទង

As a result ជាលទ្ធផល

Would suicide prevention day was September tenth. This year’s observance was meant to bring attention to the differences among suicidal individuals and their situations around the world. But the organizers also said that all over the world, people have something in common. They need to feed connected to others for good mental health. The organizers included the International Association for Suicide Prevention and the World Health Organization. The World Health Organization says that every year about one million people kill themselves. It says suicide is one of the top three causes of death among people between the ages of fifteen and fifty-four.

Among people age ten to twenty-four, suicide is second leading cause of death after road accident. Lanny Berman is president of the International Association for Suicide Prevention. He points out that suicide rates differ from country to country, as do common way that people kill themselves. As a result, he says, prevention efforts must fit with local needs. He says the main methods of suicide in developing countries have been pesticides, pesticide poisoning and overdose. And there have been efforts to develop prevention programs to reduce the use and availability of pesticides. Mr. Berman says findings from agricultural areas of Sri Lanka, India and China show promise. They show that programs helping to limit access to these poisons. There are often clear warning signs before suicide attempt. Lanny Berman says individuals usually talk about this idea before they try it.

Another warning sign, he says, is a sudden increase in the use of drugs or alcohol. Warning signs also include expression of hopelessness or a sense of feeling trapped. Mr. Berman says the risk of suicide can be more difficult to identify in children. They generally communicate more with other children than with adults. But the other children often do not understand the messages. As a result, he says, when children speak of suicide, other children rarely report it.