Some mental health practitioners say there are no life challenges to justify why any human being should commit suicide.

The practitioners made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Lagos.

The practitioners, who expressed concerns about the spate of suicide in the country, said that suicide should not be an option for any kind of life’s challenges because challenges were part of life.

According to Dr Veronica Nyamali, National Vice-President, Association of Psychiatrists of Nigeria (APN), life should also be seen from a mixed angle of good, sweet and bad.

Nyamali also expressed concern that there were a lot of challenges including economic downturns and hardships in Nigeria.

She said that it was unfortunate that some people considered suicide, resorted to drug abuse or engaged in immoral behaviour because of such challenges.

She urged Nigerians to take life easy and develop positive coping and adaptive mechanisms rather than considering negative thoughts like committing suicide when faced with challenges.

Proffering solutions, the psychiatrist called for mental health education to make people understand that life exists with challenges.

“Life can be good/sweet at one time and bad at other times.

“Since life is never free of challenges, so long there is life, there must be challenges.

“Therefore, there’s no amount of challenges that will worth anyone taking away his or her life.

“There is need to change the mindset of Nigerians toward life; making them to understand that life itself is full of challenges and the challenges are what will make way for the success stories,” she said.

She urged people to constantly surround themselves with positive people, sharing worries, speaking out and seeking for help as options that could help in time of challenges.

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