Suicides in the city of Korça/ Psychiatrist, Bode: Publishing in the media is dangerous

2024-07-05 19:07:00, Sociale CNA

Suicides in the city of Korça/ Psychiatrist, Bode: Publishing in the

Nikolina Bode, Psychiatrist

The city of Korça has been shocked by the serious events in less than 24 hours, where three citizens tragically ended their lives. In a statement to the media, psychiatrist Nikolina Bode expresses concern about what has happened, as all three cases are unknown to the Community Mental Health Center. According to her, the fact that these events happened one after the other is quite worrying, as much as the media publication of these cases is dangerous.

"It is the female sex, once because of the burdens it has on the Albanian family, the social, economic, support, psychological side, organic diseases, and many other factors. What worries me the most are the three unknown cases, unidentified by our service. So, the problem has been present, for how long we don't know, and no help was received from the specialized service. The fact that these events happened very quickly one after the other, the publication of this phenomenon in the media and on social networks is dangerous, because it increases the risk of people trying to act, that is, they turn thought into action. It is very important to seek help in time, there have been problems and factors for depressive illness, more frequent in the female sex. Factors vary by age group. In the third age, the biggest problem is loneliness, the departure of children and close people, organic diseases, the decrease in energy increases and the lack of support affects to get out of this state. We must ask for help in time because when the problem grows we do not have the psychological strength to overcome it, this is where family support is needed."

Family support is needed not only from the family but also from the family doctors to direct them to the specialists to get the right service. While the young people who commit these acts are related to unemployment, family, social and economic problems.

"We have new cartelizations every week, which means that mental health problems are increasing. We have an increase in problems in the young age, in teenagers and children, but also in the third age, which is a growing number. Today we we have more lonely seniors and this burdens their psychological side and the social side to cope with life. There are certainly early signs and these are individual. They can start with problems of insomnia, disruption of the daily routine, let school, leave work, cannot do shopping, housework, or self-care by age 3. They also have low mood, apathy, low self-esteem, lack of energy, negative thoughts, anxiety disorders, all are the first signals that they can get worse day by day and die of major illness, depression or extreme acts, which are suicidal actions," said Bode

The psychiatrist shows that the factors influencing the undertaking of extreme acts of suicide are different according to age groups. The biggest problem in the third age remains loneliness, leaving children, as well as the lack of support from family members. While youth are affected by unemployment, as well as family and social problems. The situation remains alarming in the district of Korça in terms of new cases of cartels, as there is a high increase in the number of people suffering from mental health problems, mainly the elderly the third but also teenagers and young people. Bode says there are a number of early signs that family members can spot other people who are starting to have mental health concerns, ranging from low self-esteem, insomnia problems, anxiety disorders or even the negative thoughts they express.

The doctor's only appeal is to family members, society, as well as neighbors in cases where they are close to the homes of the elderly who live alone, to notify specialist doctors if they see such mental health disorders, so that measures can be taken urgent and that there are no other cases of extreme acts of suicide./CNA