World Suicide prevention Hosted by Department of Psychiatry, Mamata medical college.

Globally, close to 8,00,000 people die by suicide every year; that’s one person every 40 seconds. For each suicide, there are more than 20 suicide attempts.

Suicide is an emerging and serious public health issue in India. However, it is preventable with timely, evidence-based and often low-cost interventions. We the department of Psychiatry, hosted events like – Essay writing, Digital posters, Rangoli competition and Skits and the participation was appreciable.