She was speaking at an international seminar on self-harm and suicide prevention organised by PILL at a local hotel here. Both international and local speakers including psychiatrists and psychologists emphasised on the prevention of self-harm and suicide during the conference which was on the theme of suicide prevention to mark World Mental Health Day. Speaking on the occasion, Professor Chaudhry said that mental health is equally important as physical health and announced the establishment of a self-harm and suicide prevention centre in the country by January 2020 to encourage efforts to raise awareness in this regard. “It is high time that Pakistan contributes more to the field of mental health,” he said. Professor Karina Lovell from the University of Manchester, Uzma Omer and other experts also spoke on suicide prevention and research being done on the subject.

Source: Pakistan Today October 15, 2019 16:07 UTC