Alert system needed for when teens express suicidal thoughts on social media

The Malaysia Psychiatric Association patron said an awareness campaign on mental health, including the stigma of mental illness, must be organised.

He said the health, education, as well as the youth and sports ministries must collaborate to help address mental health issues among children, adolescents and youth. “For young people, mental immaturity may cause them to be easily influenced by online content, including games and social media.

Ban social media.

Hey why bother, freedom right? Let them be whatever they want. They wanna be male, female, aliens, furries or even dead. It their choice.

Hey can you please not use such images of suicide contexts as part of your news article? Graphic images like that only add to the problem of worsening suicidal ideation in vulnerable readers. Please refer to HKU's guidelines on media reporting on suicide:

the one who is silent about it is more dangerous. u never know

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