Depression

It is room 116 at the National Institute of Mental Health. A doctor on duty is spending considerable time listening to the problems of a 13-year-old boy. The boy's mother is sitting beside him, while his uncle waits outside.“This boy does not study properly. He spends day and night on his mobile phone. He insists on getting one thing or another. If he does not get what he wants, he gets angry and breaks things,” the uncle said.Later, last Thursday, a conversation with the boy's mother at the hos...

Suicide has emerged as a major public health crisis worldwide. While the tendency is rising across all age groups, student suicides have become a particularly alarming concern in Bangladesh. Statistics show that at least 1,859 students died by suicide in the country over the past five years, with th...