Reports that "Ghana`s top mental doctors are calling for the decriminalising of suicide attempts. Instead, such cases should be referred to the psychiatrists or psychologists." Read for details.

Article reveals that "South Africa has the eighth highest teenage suicide rate in the world, according to research by the World Health Organisation (WHO)."

Three South African psychiatric nursing students are looking for donations to help in their proposed suicide prevention programme for teenagers.

Reports "the high number of teenage suicides in Durban has sounded alarm bells, with experts saying there is an urgent need for action to address the situation."

Reports "men are five times more likely to commit suicide than women, the SA Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG) said on Monday, World Suicide Day."

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Reports "Metro Police suicides are on the increase and opposition parties have now called for a review of their often extremely stressful working conditions." Read for details.