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upandannn t1_isn7ejd wrote

Reply to comment by Ambitious_Bison_471 in [OC] Suicide Rate vs GDP per capita for various countries. Notice that the upper right triangle is almost empty i.e. generally increase in GDP per capita results in decrease in suicide rates. by ankuprk

I can shed some light on Guyana... quite often the method to go is to 'drink poison' ... there is no stomach pumping that.

Mental health services are poor there is still great shame about discussing mental health.

From what I know, these decisions are made due to things like, DV and 'forbidden love' ...also, if you look closer into the data you will see they have a lot of young people included.

I also feel that from a young age, unless you were privately educated (then nepotism will do its job regardless) you are put into a class system... literally, entire secondary schools are known for how smart or 'stupid' their students are.

I can imagine being put into a school where you know you will come out with limited prospects will give you a deep sense of hopelessness.

Its sad to see Guyana is still at the top for such a stat... such a beautiful country.

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Ambitious_Bison_471 t1_isna3i3 wrote

This is incredibly sad. What is the political climate like there? Would it be possible to set up a NPO/humanitarian programme bringing in professionals that are trained in treating mental health aswell counsellors, coaches, trainers, etc.

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upandannn t1_isnnva7 wrote

Yeah, I agree... that would be a great idea.

I am not too sure of the political climate there, (I dont live there anymore, I just follow the odd news story) but like the rest of the world I'm going to assume its a shit show.

The 'UN' is already there and things are changing, but very, very slowly. I'm sure if you wanted to, you could set up an NPO there.

What worries me the most, that right now various nations, are doing a land/ resource grab on Guyana because it has a huge amount of natural resources and largely remains untouched, some aggressively (Venezuela) others more subtly, (China and USA), while we'll get some money, it wouldn't be what the country deserves, we're essentially giving it away to no benefit of the people.

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