The drug addicts are at high risk of suicide, because they suffer from crisis due to intake of drugs in an uncontrolled way, depression, indecision due to excess use of drugs, failure to be free from drugs after treatment, and non-cooperaion and suspicion from family and other mental problems for drug addiction.
Speakers said while addressing a press briefing at Dhaka Ahsania Mission auditorium at Dhanmondi in the city on Thursday.
Ahsania Mission Female Drug Treatment Centre organized the conference marking the World Suicide Prevention Day-2015.
President of Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) Kaji Rafiqul Alam, Deputy Director of DAM and internationally certified addiction councillor Iqbal Masud, eminent psychologist Dr. Akhtaruzzaman Selim, among others, spoke at the programme. Councillor of Ahsania Mission Female Drug Treatment Centre Jannatul Ferdous presented the key-note paper.
Citing a statistics of World Health Organization (WHO), the programme was told that about 20,000 people on an average annually resort to self-killing in Bangladesh.
Mentioning a report of Shaheed Sohrawardy Medical College Hospital (2010), the speakers said that about 65 lakh people are now at risk of suicide in Bangladesh.
While presenting the keynote paper, eminent psychologist Jannatul Ferdous said 90 percent of those committed suicide had more or less mental problem. The tendency to suicide increases when mental problem arise, she said, calling for taking up steps for preventing the problem.The tendency of suicide is more prevalent among the youths, aged 25-30. Drug addiction, poverty, family feud, torture, sickness, failure in love and examinations, sexual harassment and unexpected pregnancy are responsible for the suicide, said Ferdous.
The speakers said it is possible to check the increasing trend of self-killing through change of outlook, fellow-feeling, sympathy and proper counseling. Right decision at right time by all concerned can bring a positive result in eradicating the bad practice, they said.
