Public Prosecution revealed on Sunday that Suez Canal university student Shahd Ahmed committed suicide by throwing herself in the Nile river after suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder. Investigations revealed that Shahd was suffering from the disorder since her teenage years, and a month before her death symptoms of the disorder began to reappear, which prevented her from sleeping for more than two hours a day. Initially, Shahd’s family and a number of pages on social networking sites thought that she had been kidnapped after the young student disappeared on 6 November. However, on November 7, the police department in Giza found her body fully clothed drowned in the Nile river and with no apparent injuries. Shahd’s family and friend, as well as the psychiatrist she used to visit, all confirmed that her psychological condition became known since secondary school, yet they overlooked it as they thought that it was merely due to the effects of study and exam pressures. The Public Prosecution appealed to all segments of society to put the matter in perspective and look at mental illness as they look at all other diseases, noting that parents should…
University Student Commits Suicide After Suffering From Mental Illness
November 24, 2019
