Hi guys. Suicide Prevention Week and Suicide Awareness Day are coming up. The colour of the awareness ribbon is yellow. the colour of the ribbon for gay-teen suicide is white. On this day, we will remember those who survived suicide attempts and those who did not.
I'm sorry for not being more active but I will try my best to be
Suicide Prevention Week : September 9 – 15, 2012
Suicide Prevention Day : September 10, 2012
The International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Federation for Mental Health, is hosting World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10th, 2012. This year’s theme is “Collaborations in Suicidology: Bridging the Disciplines,” and will focus on raising awareness that suicide is a major preventable cause of premature death on a global level. Governments need to develop policy frameworks for national suicide prevention strategies. At the local level, policy statements and research outcomes need to be translated into prevention programs and activities in communities.
Suicide claims approximately 1 million lives worldwide each year, resulting in one suicide every 40 seconds. There is an estimated 10 to 20 suicide attempts per each completed suicide, resulting in several million suicide attempts each year.
Suicide and suicidal behavior affects individuals of all ages, genders, races and religions across the planet.
Risk factors remain essentially the same from country to country. Mental illness, substance abuse, previous suicide attempts, hopelessness, access to lethal means, recent loss of loved ones, unemployment and vulnerability to self-harm are just few examples of risk factors.