Suicide: Delving into the Drive to Self-Destruction
Dr. Abdullah Al Mamun Hussain |
TEDxRUET
• April 2019
Dr. Abdullah Al Mamun Hussain is currently the Head of Department of Psychiatry, Rajshahi Medical College. He was awarded the 'Kagoj Katha Shaitya' in 2004. He was also awarded the 'Banglar Pathshala - Akhtaruzzaman Elias' in 2011 for his novel 'Necropolis'. For all his contribution to the Bengali literature, he's been awarded the 'Bangla Academy Award 2017'. Some of his noted works are ' Rashtra Zantrer' 'Kheladhula', 'Andhajoner Jatakkatha', 'Koyekjon Shamanyo
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Filmed on TEDxRUET; 19th April 2019
Listen to this Expert in Psychiatry discuss the human psyche and join him as he tries to find reason and rhyme that twist our desire for survival and drive one to take their own lives. The statistics and the reality paint a far grimmer picture than we are aware of.