{"id":91652,"date":"2024-09-10T10:30:28","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T08:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/?p=91652"},"modified":"2024-09-10T10:30:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T08:30:28","slug":"world-suicide-prevention-day-focusing-on-teen-suicide-as-an-urgent-public-health-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/world-suicide-prevention-day-focusing-on-teen-suicide-as-an-urgent-public-health-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"World Suicide Prevention Day: Focusing on teen suicide as an urgent public health issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sameera Casmod | <a href=\"mailto:sameerac@radioislam.co.za\">sameerac@radioislam.co.za<\/a><br \/>\n10 September 2024 | 10:30 a.m. SAST<br \/>\n1-minute read<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_91653\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91653\" data-attachment-id=\"91653\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/world-suicide-prevention-day-focusing-on-teen-suicide-as-an-urgent-public-health-issue\/suicide-prevention-day\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/suicide-prevention-day.jpg?fit=554%2C554&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"554,554\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"suicide prevention day\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Knowsely News&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/suicide-prevention-day.jpg?fit=554%2C554&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-91653\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/suicide-prevention-day.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-91653\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Knowsely News<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Suicide is impermissible in Islam.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>We cannot condemn anyone who has committed suicide because we do not know all the facts. <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>We must manage the root causes of suicide in young children, reduce the stigma associated with mental health issues and raise awareness about the Shar\u2019i ruling on suicide. <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>-Moulana Sulaimaan Ravat<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The South African Depression and Anxiety Group\u2019s (SADAG) theme for this year\u2019s World Suicide Prevention Day campaign is \u201cChanging the narrative on suicide\u201d, which aims to remove the stigma around mental health.<\/p>\n<p>The organisation has raised concerns about the rise in teen suicide rates in the country.<\/p>\n<p>SADAG\u2019s development manager Fatima Seedat said during an interview on Radio Islam International that each of the 100 schools that the organisation visited over the last year reported at least one suicide or attempted suicide.<\/p>\n<p>According to results from questionnaires given to learners during SADAG\u2019s school visits, numerous factors contribute to suicidal ideation and attempted suicide, including academic challenges, bullying, financial strain at home and trauma or abuse.<\/p>\n<p>Seedat said that the school outreach programme has encouraged more learners to seek professional help.<\/p>\n<p>While the perception of mental health has generally been negative, there has been a marked change due to improved awareness and education campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe more we teach people about the different warning signs, the different signs and symptoms to look out for, they are more aware,\u201d Seedat said. \u201cSo when they start seeing those signs, they know that they need to reach out for help,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Seedat emphasised the importance of continuing to raise awareness about mental health and to encourage people in Muslim communities to seek help when necessary.<\/p>\n<p><em>If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, you can access SADAG\u2019S support services on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sadag.org\">www.sadag.org<\/a> or call the toll-free 24 hour Suicide Crisis Helpline at 0800 567 567 or SMS 31393 and a counsellor will call back to help. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen <\/strong>to the <a href=\"https:\/\/on.soundcloud.com\/F9Bs616R6AMKo3KNA\">full interview<\/a> on Sabaahul Muslim with Moulana Sulaimaan Ravat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sameera Casmod | sameerac@radioislam.co.za 10 September 2024 | 10:30 a.m. SAST 1-minute read Suicide is impermissible in Islam. We cannot condemn anyone who has committed suicide because we do not know all the facts. We must manage the root causes of suicide in young children, reduce the stigma associated with mental health issues and raise [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":91653,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[28,4995],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-south-africa"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/suicide-prevention-day.jpg?fit=554%2C554&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc0QIf-nQg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-26 02:23:33","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}