2024-09-10 07:21:00
September 10 is a day chosen to raise awareness about suicide prevention, and the need to prioritize mental health and suicide prevention in the formulation of public policies.
The theme of World Suicide Prevention Day for the triennium 2024-2026 “Change history about suicide” . According to the WHO, this sentence aims to raise awareness about the importance of reducing stigma and encouraging public communication to prevent suicide. Changing the narrative around suicide involves changing the way we perceive this complex issue and moving from a culture of silence and stigma to one of openness, understanding and support.
Suicide represents one of the greatest challenges to public health. Every year there are 4,000 deaths in our country that are due to this cause. In Aragon, according to data from the INEIn 2023, 98 people died by suicide.
Him Mental health plan 2022 – 2025 of the Government of Aragon has as one of its policy lines “prevention, early detection and attention to suicidal behavior”, and which is more widely developed in Execution prevention policy in Aragon (2020).
In Zaragoza, on the occasion of this Day, the Aragonese Suicide Prevention Daywith title Change the story. The different Aragonese groups that work in this field will participate and the symposium “Papageno: small daily tragedies” will be held. You can contact the program of the day, free entry, at this link: III Aragonese Suicide Prevention.
Finally, we remember that since 2022 the Line 024 for attention to suicidal behavior. This is helpful for people who have thoughts, ideas or risk of suicidal behavior, as well as their families and friends.
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