Mental health experts call for decriminalisation of suicide
Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
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Article Author: Mental health experts call for decriminalisation of suicide
Media Source: The Standard (Kenya)
Date: 10 September 2020
Suicide and attempted suicide is a criminal offense in Kenya which the National Mental Health Taskforce recommended should be decriminalised if access to mental health and the stigma around it is to be overcome. In one of his articles on decriminalizing suicide, Professor Lukoye Atwoli, the Dean of the Medical College at the Aga…
Suicide and attempted suicide is a criminal offense in Kenya which the National Mental Health Taskforce recommended should be decriminalised if access to mental health and the stigma around it is to be overcome. In one of his articles on decriminalizing suicide, Professor Lukoye Atwoli, the Dean of the Medical College at the Aga Khan University in Kenya, says that one of the biggest problems in Kenya is over-using legal solutions in all spheres of decision-making, and the under-involvement of other professionals in designing social and political interventions. Professor Atwoli also insists on changing the term commit suicide to die by suicide.