Title: IRISH ASSOCIATION OF SUICIDOLOGY SCHOOL BASED INTERVENTIONS IN CRIISIS MANAGEMENT AND SUICIDE PREVEN
1IRISH ASSOCIATION OF SUICIDOLOGYSCHOOL BASED
INTERVENTIONS IN CRIISIS MANAGEMENT AND SUICIDE
PREVENTION
- Galway Bay Hotel
- 25th 26th November 2004
2Irish Suicide Rates 1890-2002
3EU Total Population Suicide Rates per
100,000 Age-Standardised Source WHO site, May
10th. 2004
4EU Youth Suicide Rates per 100,000
population Source WHO site, May 10th. 2004
5Irish Male Suicide Rate, 1980 - 2001
3-year moving averages
National Suicide Research Foundation
6Irish Female Suicide Rate, 1980 - 2001
3-year moving averages
National Suicide Research Foundation
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9What (maybe) works
- Training of primary health care personnel
- Help-lines and crisis centres
- School-based programs
- Treatment of mental disorders
- Restriction of access to means
- Improving media portrayal of suicide.
10Suicide prevention the way forward
- Deal with the social causes of suicide
- Combat stigma related to mental illness
- Ensure equal access to quality health services
- Long term multidisplinary research
- Create equitable access to education
- Support community and voluntary action
- Deal with the problem of violence in society
11Suicide prevention the Way forward
- Ensure that in every sense our schools are health
promoting schools - Foster spiritual and ethical standards
- Combat poverty - ensure the disadvantaged a
proper standard of living - Implement the national policy on alcohol
- Create a just society
12The Irish Association Of Suicidology
- to facilitate communication between clinicians,
volunteers, survivors and researchers in all
matters relating to suicide and suicidal
behaviour - to promote awareness of the problems of suicide
and suicidal behaviour in the general public - to ensure that the general public is better
informed about suicide prevention
13The Irish Association Of Suicidology
- to support and encourage relevant research
- to encourage and support the formation of groups
to help those bereaved by suicide
14http//ias.ie
- IRISH ASSOCIATION OF SUICIDOLOGYPatron, Her
Excellency, Mary McAleese, - Home Page Aims Objectives Annual
Conference Our Board Publications
Research Resources Suicide Prevention Help
for Suicidal or Bereaved Application for
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15IRISH ASSOCIATION OF SUICIDOLOGYSCHOOL BASED
INTERVENTIONS IN CRIISIS MANAGEMENT AND SUICIDE
PREVENTION
- Galway Bay Hotel
- 25th 26th November 2004