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SUICIDE PREVENTION

Suicide Prevention: A study of mental health services that provide help in suicide

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This document would discuss and resent ideas on !"#T C#N $E done to imrove the

services o% #$C Suicide Prevention Centre that is located in the "ornse& 'ane $rid(e area) The

su((estions are *ased on an assessment and stud& o% u*lished literature and a stud& o% di%%erent

we*sites o% suicide revention centres in 'ondon and other cities) #s er the su((estion o% +aton

,1--./0 suicide assistance centres should adot a multi%aceted intervention strate(& that would

involve counsellin(0 intervention care centres0 media and u*licit& and interactive we*sites with

data*ase suort) The author has also su((ested that suort can *e etended with centres in

hi(h suicide rone areas such as schools0 hositals0 risons0 lar(e cit& centres and other areas that

have a hi(h incidence o% suicides) Some o% these methods are discussed in the net sections)

Counselling 24x7 This t&e o% suort is the *est ossi*le hel that can *e etended and

'uoma ,2332/ notes that the s4ill and eertise o% counsellors can hel to reduce the suicide

tendencies o% )eole that are on the ver(e o% 4illin( themselves) Counsellors need to *e trained

and should have seen how counsellin( is done) # wron( move0 a misunderstood word %rom the

counsellor can reciitate a erson to commit suicide) There%ore0 it is ver& imortant that trained

counsellors in this 4ind o% wor4 should *e (iven the tas4) Volunteers are alwa&s welcome *ut

merel& havin( (ood intention and a will to hel does not mean that the erson can *e a (ood

counsellors) Samaritans ,2313/ su((est that even %riends o% eole who are li4el& to commit

suicide should resond *& tr&in( to hel or *& callin( u suicide counsellin( centres) 5ann

,2313/ su((ests that as a rule0 male counsellors should hel men callers and %emale counsellors

should hel women callers) 6ace to %ace counsellin( can also *e rovided at suicide enters *ut

(enerall&0 eole would sh& awa& %rom aearin( in a u*lic lace where eole can reco(nise

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Intervention Care Units These are small clinics with a coule o% *eds where emer(enc&

counsellin( and care can *e (iven to the atients) Trained counsellors and doctors can administer

controlled doses o% anti deressants that can rovide temoraril& relie% to atients ,'eon0 2338/)

In addition0 these intervention care units can also o%%er hel in the %orm o% 9%ace:to: %ace;

counsellin() There can also *e emer(enc& care medicines0 trauma0 and 4its to dia(nose oisons0

stomach ums and so on) These centres can *e set u in areas that have a hi(h rate o% suicides

and some o% these can include schools since teens0 and &ouths tr& to 4ill themselves over trivial

reasons) The recruitment o% counsellors0 orderlies0 nurses and assistants alon( with s&chiatrists

is imortant and these eole need to ta4e an atitude test to %ind i% the& have the caa*ilit& to

handle such tas4s) 'onn


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some ver*al or visual assurance that their ro*lems can *e solved and that their condition is not

so *ad that the& should 4ill themselves) This is a ver& e%%ective wa& to revent suicide and the

idea *ehind such methods is that the& have a much wider reach and audience than an intervention

centre) Tal4 shows on TV where suicide survivors can tal4 %ran4l& a*out their ro*lems are ver&

use%ul) These shows can even have call in arran(ements where eole can call u0 tal4 to the

show articiants0 and resolve their ro*lems)

"ata!ase and #e!site support # review o% we*sites o% various suicide revention

centres has *rou(ht u a num*er o% oints that can *e used in the suicide revention centres) To

*e(in with0 the we*site should have we* sa%e colours that are not ver& @arrin( to the e&es and that

have a soothin( aearance) There should *e clearl& de%ined lin4s that visitors can clic4 and

view the re


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Suicide Prevention =

that can *e used to increase the e%%icient and reach o% the centre) The methods are counsellors on

a 28AB Intervention Care UnitsB 5edia and Pu*licit& and Data*ase and !e*site suort) These

methods have *een descri*ed and what has to *e done %or each idea is also (iven in dome detail)

It is eected that i% these ideas were imlemented0 the suicide rate would *e eected to reduce)


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Suicide Prevention .

RE6ERENCES

Et>ersdor%er0 E)0 1--?) Preventin( suicide *& in%luencin( mass media reortin( the Viennese

eerience 1-?3:1--.) #rchives o% Suicide Rescue0 80 ) .A:A8)

+aton0 !)0 1--.) # multi%aceted intervention to imrove treatment o% deression in rimar& care)

#rchives o% eneral Ps&chiatr&0 =70 ) -28:-72)

'onn0 !)0 2331) Preventin( suicide and remature death *& education and treatment) ournal o%

#%%ect Disorder0 .20 ) 127:12-

Samaritans0 2313) Do &ou reco(nise some o% these in &oursel%F Or in a %riendF GOnlineH

Samaritans) #vaila*le at

httwww)samaritans)or(&ourJemotionalJhealth%eelin(Jlow)as G#ccessed 17

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