NOT everyone besides counselling professionals would know what to do when faced with a young teenager who is wallowing in despair and having suicidal thoughts.
However, if the suicidal choose not to confide in family, friends, psychiatrists and suicide hotlines, there are various religious leaders who are willing to lend an ear to their problems and steer them away from self-harm.
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