ARCHIVES: September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month – a time to raise awareness, reduce stigma and encourage an informed response to this global mental health emergency.
A suicidal person feels trapped, often a burden to others, ambivalent about living, and negatively perceived by others. Alternative realities, agency and growing self- and other support are key interventions to address these.
. Nurses, for example, can be trained and supervised to guide clients to understand their illness, develop ways to activate themselves from boredom and apathy, and also to challenge many incorrect ways of thinking.Suicide, and particularly interventions for suicide, remain an area of critical public health interest. Yet, there are several barriers to conducting this type of research.
Importantly, we need to strengthen healthcare systems by enhancing knowledge and skills and finding evidence-based approaches that can be cost-effectively delivered to those who need it the most.
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