Surinamese psychologist holds suicide prevention workshop

Tobi Graafsma

Suriname-based psychologist/psychoanalyst Professor Tobi Graafsma on Monday held a mental health workshop on suicide prevention for ministry officials and other stakeholders aimed at helping them to better identify and address risk factors.

According to a Government Infor-mation Agency (GINA) report, in his address at the forum, held at the National Library, Graafsma said suicide is a threat to persons who are feeling oppressed and those with a desire to change an unbearable situation due to risk factors, which may include mental disorder, personality disorder,