As we continue our consultations in amending the law to Decriminalize suicide in the Gambia and develop a comprehensive National suicide prevention strategy. I meet Parliament member Hon. Modou Lamin B. Bah today .
He affirm his commitment and support to see the law is amend.
“Creating hope through action.”
I had the opportunity to meet with the head of Africa Project Against Suicide_ 🇬🇲. We had a fruitful discussion on the need to work with government to have a National Prevention Suicide Strategy & other relevant issues concerning mental health.
Use of stigmatizing words when talking about individuals living with mental health challenges, is dehumanizing and degrading. Non-stigmatizing person-first language, focuses on the individual, not the diagnosis. You are not your diagnosis. You are so much more. #StopSuicide
There are huge challenges on the path to recovery, and everyone’s journey is different. The one constant is that recovery will push you to tap into strength within yourself that you never knew existed, as you build resiliency muscle. Keep pushing. You’ve got this. #StopSuicide
If your life were a movie, would it be a drama? A comedy? Maybe a thriller or a horror flick? Would you change the channel because you already know the ending. It’s your life. If you don’t like the script, let’s change it and create an ending you can live with. #StopSuicide
Congratulations to our partner International Voluntary Mental Health Organisation for opening the first voluntary mental health and wellness centre in the Gambia 🇬🇲
The Center will provide counselling, psycho education services etc
If you’ve ever lost someone to suicide, it’s easy to blame yourself. You may think, if you’d been a better husband, wife, parent, etc., your loved one might still be here. But it wasn’t your fault.
You did the best you could with the information you had at the time. #StopSuicide
APAS GAMBIA dated 14/10/2023 signed an MOU with INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTARY MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION. To strengthen the cooperation in the fight against suicide and campaign on mental health awareness. #stopsuicide#