This is just as the lawmakers want the apex government working in sync with the Ministry of Health and the National Orientation Agency to establish counseling centres nationwide to provide counseling services to those battling mental health challenges.
In a resolution following a motion on the need to prioritise and implement the provisions of the Mental Health Act, 2021, to tackle suicide and other related ills in the country, the House mandated its Committee on Healthcare Services to evaluate the implementation of the content of the Mental Health Act and conduct a needs assessment for the full implementation of the Act.
In his words, suicide incidence often times do not get to the media owing to cultural perception of it as a taboo. He also argued that risk factors for suicide such as mental health conditions, substance use, access to lethal means, prolonged stress, unemployment, financial crisis, and child abuse and neglect pose huge threats to the country is not adequately addressed.
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