The View of a Clinical Psycho-spirituo Therapist, Prof. Mike-Jacobs JP on the Incessant and Astronomical Increase in the Rate of Suicide in the Nation and Society.

The View of a Clinical Psycho-spirituo Therapist, Prof. Mike-Jacobs JP on the Incessant and Astronomical Increase in the Rate of Suicide in the Nation and Society.

Many people in our society and nation are presently passing through hardship and difficulties in life. However, such difficulties and hardship usually lead people into crisis, frustration, uncertainty and finally depression which is a sure way to suicide.

Factors that help to trigger suicide:

I wish to classify such functions to the following categories:

a.     Social factors: Such as high rate of unemployment, bad governance, hardship.

b.     Economic factors: Such as bad economic policies of government, economic hardship, unpaid salaries and wages, indebtedness, high rate of interest on loan.

c.      Psychological factors: Such as frustration, unresolved crisis and conflict, unmet expectations, anxiety, depression.

d.     Emotional factors: Such as unhealed hurting, disappointment, insatiable desires, isolation, relational problems.

e.     Environmental factors: Such as peer pressure, high rate of social vices, high rate of drug consumption.

f.       Health factors: Such as sudden discovery of terminal illness, sudden discovery of HIV/AID, sudden accident which lead to loss of limps, making one become liability.

Remedies:

The only remedy for suicide and suicidal actions is prevention in nature. I want to state here very categorically that curative remedy for suicide or suicide action is non-existence. Once we allow suicide to take place without preventing it, that particular life is lost and can never be restored.

NB: In attending to suicidal people with the intention of preventing suicide or suicidal actions the followings must be put in place:

1.     Psycho-social therapeutic centers by professional clinical psychotherapists, spirituotherapists, psychologists, professional counselors, professional chaplains etc, where people and the public can access the needed intervention, counseling therapeutic treatments to issues leading to suicide.

2.     Government must assist professionals in assessing loans and funding for such psycho-social centers.

3.     Bank of industries, central bank and World Bank should come to the aid of professionals who are prepared to set up centers for the prevention of suicide and suicidal actions in the society and the nation at large.

4.     Government must reduce drastically the rate of youth’s unemployment.

5.     Government should put in place good economic policies that will enable businesses of the masses to thrive and pay salaries and wages as at when due.

6.     Government should encourage and provide good business environments for people to venture into.

In conclusion, I wish to challenge all clinical psychotherapists, spirituotherapists, psychologists, professional counselors, professional chaplains etc, in this nation to rise up to their responsibilities of providing needed care, attention and services to people in preventing suicide and suicidal actions in people as well as making needed contributions when they are requested to speak on suicide and suicidal actions.

Some of the contributions we got from non-professionals in the public are absurd. How can setting ablaze suicidal victim ablaze help to prevent suicide? Link up with-

Archbishop Chap. Prof. Mike-Jacobs

Professional Counselor, Clinical Spirituotherapist and

Certified Chaplaincy Educator in Private Practice

20^th April, 2019AD