WU marks WSPD as suicide 13rd major cause of death worldwide.

MULTAN -- Women University Multan marked World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) with a special theme create hope through special actions and maximum awareness, here on Saturday.

A seminar in this connection was arranged by the Department of Applied Psychology. Psychologists from Police Training Centre Rabia Nayab, Munazza Butt, Dr Saadia Musharraf and Associate Professor Dr Kalsoom Paracha were addressed the seminar. The speakers stressed the need to create hope among people. People should be encouraged to celebrate successes. To commit suicide is not solution to any problem. One must face challenges in an amicable way, said speakers. Failures also lead to success as one should learn from failures and come up with further strategies to secure laurels

We will have to understand the reality as it could help us make wise decisions, the speakers stated.

World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) is an awareness day marked on September 10 in order provide commitment and action to stop suicide with various activities around the world since 2003. For every suicide. Millions of people suffere intense grief and profound impacted by the suicidal behaviour.

Each suicidal death is a public concern with an impact on those around them. By raising awareness, reducing the stigma by encouraging well informed reaction, we can reduce instances of suicides, said speakers. The main reason behind suicide...