The number of countries with national suicide prevention strategies has increased in the five years since the publication of World Health Organisation’s (WHO) first global report on suicide, said the WHO in the lead-up to World Suicide Prevention Day on 10 September 2019.
Despite progress, one person still dies every 40 seconds from suicide. Every death is a tragedy for family, friends and colleagues. Yet suicides are preventable.
The Sukh mobile application, which will be launched later this month, aims to provide a helpline that will offer that. The app will have psychologists available 24/7 to listen to your problems. You will also stay anonymous when you call.
“We’ve kept in mind how important it is to maintain privacy. When someone calls, their call is received in our central system. Over there, the number is masked and call forwarded to a psychologist,” said CEO and founder of the app, Muhammad Tauqeer Rao.
If someone feels they need help in person, they can enter their city into the app and request an appointment, he added.
He said they were working on other features that will help people suffering from bad mental health and data on how many people had benefited from the app would be available soon after the launch.
