World Suicide Prevention Day is observed every year on September 10 to highlight important ways to prevent suicides among common people across the world. The main aim of this global day is to share several ways to avoid or reduce stress or depression, or tension that decreases the cases of suicide worldwide. This Global Day aims to concentrate on the important ways and measures to prevent suicide and spread awareness about mental health.

Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one’s own death due to severe depression. Depression, personality disorders, anxiety, alcohol use disorder, bipolar disorder, and many more are the risk factors of suicide. Several suicides are impulsive due to relationship problems, including the death of close ones, breakups, financial problems, and harassment. This International Day provides an opportunity to concentrate on important ways and measures to prevent or reduce the number of suicides by reducing depression and improving mental health. This can be done through family love and support. Family members, including parents and friends, should talk to the individual who is suffering from depression, which reduces the risk of suicide. The main goal of this global day is to spread awareness about several ways to prevent suicides across the world.

At present, the cases of suicide increase yearly due to many reasons such as depression, mental disorders, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, and alcoholism. Several suicides are impulsive acts due to stress, such as relationship problems, breakups, financial problems, and many more. Most of the youth attempt suicide due to failing any exam, cheating by partners, family problems, problems in marriage, unemployment, severe disease, and many other reasons. But suicide is mainly due to depression.

Depression or stress is the main cause of suicide across the world. Unemployment, marriage or relationship problems, financial crisis, failure in board exams or competitive exams, and many more are the main causes of severe depression that result in suicide. To prevent suicide, close friends and family members, including parents, must talk with the individual who is suffering from severe depression. If you talk with the depressed person, then he is in a relaxed mood, which helps in the prevention of suicide. If you are suffering from depression, then you should spend time discussing your problem with your best friends and close family members, which is beneficial in reducing depression and feeling relaxed. The main goal of this international day is to avoid committing suicide and fight against challenges or problems with full strength.

Now, suicide is the leading cause of death, including children and youngsters, all over the world. There are several warning signs of suicide indicated by his or her behavior, such as depression, living alone, always talking about suicide, aggressive behavior, and many more. Thus, parents, friends, and teachers play an important role in preventing suicide by talking to those people who indicate the warning signs of suicide.