Introduction
Suicide is an intentional attempt to end one's life by hurting or torturing oneself. The number
of deaths due to suicide in the world is approaching 800,000 deaths per year or 1 death every
40 seconds. When one person dies by suicide, there are an estimated 20 suicide attempts.
Suicide is the second leading cause of death in the 15-29 year age group and 79% occur in low
and middle-income countries (WHO, 2018). Every case of suicide that occurs will leave an
impact on family, friends, and society as well as long-term consequences for those left behind.
Countries in the world are committed to reducing the number of deaths due to suicide (suicide
rate) by 10% by 2020, as stated in the WHO Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2020. In addition,
the death rate due to suicide is one of the indicators of target 3.4 of the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs), whereby in 2030 the death rate due to suicide must be reduced by
one-third (Kemenkes, 2019). For this reason, September 10 is celebrated as World Suicide
Prevention Day. This warning has the aim of increasing public attention and awareness of the
needs of people who are at risk of suicide and survivors of attempted suicide attempts. The
methods used by people who attempt suicide are very diverse, namely jumping from the top of
buildings, hanging themselves, drinking poison and pesticides, and several other ways.
Many factors make a person have the urge to attempt suicide. The case of suicide when
examined through the framework of sociological studies shows that the weak factor of social
integration and the phenomenon of copycatting (imitating other people) are the main causes of
rampant suicides. Weak social integration is reflected in various problems of the perpetrators
who are personal (private), including the result of a breakup, never-ending studies, and
financial crushes (Nugroho, 2012). Things become even murkier when they have nowhere to
complain and share stories. Overseas students are the people who have the potential to
experience loneliness because they are far from their families and tend to face their problems
because they do not want to add to the burden of family thoughts. The lack of students'
willingness to engage in social interactions also makes them feel alone when facing problems
that adversely affect their mental health.
Improving mental health literacy is one way to do prevention in terms of knowledge, belief,
and mental health management, especially for students to prevent suicidal ideation. In addition,
at the healing stage, the campus provides complete facilities or applies peer counseling to
students to overcome and carry out early detection of mental disorders that are at risk of
attempted suicide (Idham et al, 2019). As a place for literacy related to suicide attempts, peer
sharing, or the same problem as well as consultations that are packaged into one and can be
widely accessed, an online platform called “ASKARA ASA” was initiated. The goal is that the
community, especially overseas students, can easily access and get help in dealing with and
solving problems to reduce the risk of stress and depression that result in suicide attempts.
Closing
Suicide is an act of ending one's life by intentionally hurting oneself. According to data, in the
world every year there are hundreds of thousands of lives lost due to suicide. The young age
group is the age group that often attempts suicide attempts and often ends up in death. There
have been many attempts by the government or various parties to prevent such suicides.
However, the behavior of ending life remains a case that is increasing every day, especially
among students in Indonesia who migrate. There are various factors that cause a person's desire
to end his life, such as weak social integration and the copycat phenomenon which is currently
the main cause of suicide by various groups.
With this big problem, various efforts are needed to prevent the increasing number of suicides.
Literacy related to mental health is one of the efforts to provide knowledge, understanding, and
management of mental health. One of the efforts to increase mental health literacy is through
the Askara Asa platform which can be a forum for various groups to express all the problems
they have faced through sharing and consultation in one place that can be accessed anywhere
and anytime. Askara Asa as a website platform is the most appropriate place for mental health
fighters and survivors because it can be a means of expressing all feelings experienced.
As a superior platform, Askara Asa certainly requires a wider introduction to the general public
so that they can access and use the Askara Asa website. Askara Asa contains excellent features
that can be used by users to find out various information related to mental health through
sharing sessions, literature, consultation, campaigns, audio therapy, and webinars. Meanwhile,
Askara Asa also needs support from various parties to be able to implement this idea properly
and on target. So, with this support, Askara Asa will provide benefits to others and become a
platform that can contribute to the world, especially in preventing suicide.
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