Family bonds ‘help reduce suicide risk’
Depression may push some people to consider the unthinkable,
The Department of Mental Health (DMH) has warned of increasing suicide rates among those of early working age and retirees.
Citing figures from the DMH’s National Suicide Prevention Centre, it said an average of 53,000 Thais attempt suicide per year, 4,000 of whom do so successfully.
Moreover, people who fail in a suicide attempt are at risk of attempting the act again.
Suicide is second only to accidents as the chief cause of unnatural death in Thailand.
DMH director-general Amporn Benjaponpitak said stress,…
