Consultant psychiatrist, Dr. Sanabel Akef, said that religious people are less likely to suffer from psychological disorders, and she specified that the religious person is the one who understands the spirit of religion.
And the doctor stated in the program (With Al-Hakim) on Al-Jazeera Mubasher, that the first reason that leads a person to commit suicide, according to psychiatrists, is the loss of hope.
And she added, “The doctor sounds the alarm and feels that his patient is in danger when he loses hope,” adding that “those who know God do not lose hope.”
Akef said that God Almighty “commands us in many situations in the Holy Qur’an not to lose hope,” explaining that “a number of verses focused on the necessity of preserving hope, because if one loses hope, one’s life is wasted.”
And the psychological consultant defined the religious person as someone who “knows and understands God Almighty in all its meanings.” She went on to say that “religion is not only knowledge of religious obligations,” considering that “this is half of religiosity, which is not complete without knowing God Almighty.”
According to the statistics of the World Health Organization, 703 thousand people end their lives every year, and it seems that the numbers of suicide attempts are much higher than that.
Each suicide results in a tragedy that affects entire families, communities and countries and has long-term effects on the relatives of the person who commits suicide.
Suicide occurs at any stage of life, and in 2019 it was ranked as the fourth leading cause of death for 15-29-year-olds globally.
Suicide is a phenomenon that occurs in all countries of the world, including rich countries, but more than 79% of global suicides in 2019 occurred in low- and middle-income countries.
