This summer the volunteer group, with help from Bengali Information and Employment Services (BIES), published this report on the spike in youth suicides in the community. So it's really prompted us to find out what challenges our youth are going through,' said Ahamed. 'We see the surface level, maybe only 13 committed suicide, but we don't know how many people are suffering really.

And there was a pattern: they were all male, young - 23 or under - and often university or college students. He said it felt like every few months, another Bengali youth would die by suicide. Nesar Ahamed, a social worker and one of the lead authors of the report, said the Bengali community started to notice a disturbing trend in 2016. The group published its findings this summer hoping toВ spark broader discussions about mental health in the community. Underlying everything: a pervasive stigma in the community toward mental health issues and a lack of resources for those seeking support. The two-year study found communication gaps between parents and children as well asВ academic pressures as some of the major factors that impact young men's mental health in the community. (Submitted by Rahman family)ДЄccording to community members, Rahman was one of 13 young Bengali men in the GTA who died by suicide within a two-year span, a figure that has left many shaken.ДЄ small group of volunteers set out to try to understand why this was happening. Rahman, pictured with one of his nephews.

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