Suicide in Iraq..new methods and alarming numbers in the face of lack of awareness

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[size=52]Suicide in Iraq..new methods and alarming numbers in the face of lack of awareness[/size]

[size=45]Almost daily, the country’s security and health authorities announce a case or attempted suicide in a city for a person, and the case is usually registered among the ranks of young men and women alike, something that specialists and human rights activists attributed to unemployment and poor Living, family and other conditions related to the spread of drugs.[/size]
[size=45]Over the past year, the number of suicides officially registered with the Ministry of Interior amounted to 772 people, an increase of more than 100 cases over the year 2020, in which 663 people were registered.[/size]
[size=45]new cases[/size]
[size=45]Since the beginning of this year, that is, during the months of January and February, Al-Mada agency has monitored 43 cases of suicide or attempted suicide.[/size]
[size=45]In terms of numbers, the southern governorates, especially Dhi Qar governorate, are the most registered suicide cases and the highest rate in the country.[/size]
[size=45]Perhaps the most prominent suicide incidents in 2022 belong to security personnel, as a commissioner in the Second Regiment of the Baghdad Emergency, committed suicide by firing a bullet from a Russian (Mikarov) pistol 8.30 in the Radwaniyah area south of the capital, in addition to the suicide of a commissioner in the Karrada Intelligence Division, by shooting Himself using his own weapon.[/size]
[size=45]Amid mysterious circumstances, the daughter of a lieutenant colonel in the Ministry of Interior, aged 21, committed suicide by shooting herself with her father's weapon in the Al-Obaidi area, east of the capital, Baghdad.[/size]
[size=45]Among the strange suicide incidents, those related to a middle-aged student, in the prime of life, from the New Baghdad area, east of the capital, who committed suicide by pouring gasoline on him and then setting himself on fire without any prior justification or motive.[/size]
[size=45]motives for suicide[/size]
[size=45]Suicide is the last path in the mental health coffin, and it comes in the fifth and last category in the classification of the severity of mental illnesses, according to the World Health Organization.[/size]
[size=45]Regarding suicide, social researcher Nadia Jaafar Mohsen finds that “suicide in Iraq takes many aspects, including political, economic and social.”[/size]
[size=45]Mohsen explained, during her speech to (Al-Mada), that "the social aspect is the most influential on the Iraqi individual, which is a major reason behind cases and attempts of suicide in the country," pointing out that "the economic aspect comes in the second level, which is represented by deprivation, so the disparity in The economic level in the country after 2003, and the deterioration of the standard of living for the middle and poor classes also caused the high rates of suicide in the country.”[/size]
[size=45]The social researcher pointed out that “the political aspect comes in third place, as one of the causes leading to suicide,” stressing at the same time, that politically motivated murders are referred for the purposes of settling accounts and opponents, but they are thrown in the suicide category as a cover that frees the killer’s arena from legal and judicial prosecution. “.[/size]
[size=45]On the other hand, the expert in the field of human rights, Fadel Al-Gharawi, considered that “the phenomenon of suicide in Iraq has increased from year to year,” noting that “its causes and motives have become almost clear and there is no need to mention them.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Gharawi pointed out, during his speech to (Al-Mada), that "the phenomenon of suicide is targeting different segments of society, but the group of young people of both sexes is still the most likely to commit suicide," indicating at the same time, that "the bad use of communication and social sites is one of the The most prominent reasons that contribute to the increase in suicides.[/size]
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