2023-10-15 14:49:40
By Anne Prigent
Published 1 hour ago, Updated 1 hour ago
Thirty-two VigilanS centers, available to assist people who have been hospitalized for a suicide attempt, cover all French regions, including overseas territories. 1/PHOTOPQR/VOIX DU NORD/MAXPPP
The VigilanS device, which maintains contact after hospitalization, has proven its effectiveness.
Every year in France, 150,000 to 200,000 people attempt suicide, a significant proportion of whom will repeat suicide. “We know that 40% of people for whom this is the first attempt will repeat their gesture in their lives, more than half of them within six months”, specifies Professor Guillaume Vaiva, psychiatrist at Lille University Hospital. He is at the origin of VigilanS, a system which maintains contact with people who have been hospitalized for a suicide attempt. The goal: to avoid another act by maintaining a personalized link with the person in pain without invading their existence. And it’s effective!
The risk of a recurrence, in the twelve months after a suicide attempt, drops by almost 40% among people in care, according to a study recently published by Public Health France. “Effectiveness which is observed regardless of gender and whether it is a first suicide attempt or not”, underlines Professor Vaiva. Added to this is the character…
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