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Suicide prevention

Katarzyna Dejewska discusses suicide prevention methods, emphasizing the importance of mental health treatment, reducing risk factors like poverty and loneliness, and providing hope. She highlights lethal means reduction as a key strategy, along with various prevention strategies such as counseling, supportive therapy, and life skills training. Warning signs for suicide risk include talking about death, substance abuse, mood changes, and social withdrawal, and it's crucial to engage in open conversations with those at risk.

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Suicide prevention

Katarzyna Dejewska discusses suicide prevention methods, emphasizing the importance of mental health treatment, reducing risk factors like poverty and loneliness, and providing hope. She highlights lethal means reduction as a key strategy, along with various prevention strategies such as counseling, supportive therapy, and life skills training. Warning signs for suicide risk include talking about death, substance abuse, mood changes, and social withdrawal, and it's crucial to engage in open conversations with those at risk.

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My name is Katarzyna Dejewska and I would like to say a few words about suicide prevention.

What are some of the methods of preventing suicide?

First, let me tell you what are the suicide prevention methods. Namely, treatment is important if a person is
mentally ill. Suicide risk factors such as poverty and loneliness should also be reduced. In addition, it is
important to help those in need and give them hope for a better life.

How would you describe lethal means reduction?

It is also important to reduce lethal means, that is to reduce the likelihood that a person attempting to commit
suicide will use highly lethal means, such as a knife, firearms, medicines, or have access to a bridge from which
to jump. It has been shown that reducing lethal measures can help reduce suicide rates by delaying action until
the death wish has passed.

List at least five suicide prevention strategies.

Suicide prevention strategies focus on reducing risk factors. Some of them are:

 Structured counselling and psychotherapy.

 Supportive therapy like substance abuse treatment, Psychotropic medication, Family

psychoeducation, and Access to emergency phone call care with emergency rooms or suicide

prevention hotlines

 Person-cantered life skills training for example problem solving

 Therapeutic recreational therapy that improves mood.

 Registering with support groups like Alcoholics Anonymous, Suicide Bereavement Support Group or a

religious group with flow rituals


Give at least five examples of behaviours that may be considered warning signs.

Warning signs that may show that a person needs help may include:

1. Talking about wanting to die or wanting to kill themselves

2. Substance abuse

3. Anxiety, agitation, being unable to sleep, or sleeping all the time

4. Mood changes including depression

5. Social withdrawal

6. strong feelings of pain, either emotional or physical considering oneself burdensome

7. Recklessness or impulsiveness, taking risks that could lead to death, such as driving extremely fast

How to talk to someone you think may be at risk?


In the event that a loved one needs help, it is important to talk. However, you need to know how to conduct
such a conversation. It's best to ask them open-ended questions, such as "What happened...?". You should
listen carefully to what he has to say and show that you understand it. Focusing on that person's feelings can
help more than solving their problem.

In conclusion, it is important to remember that suicide is never a good solution, there is always another
possibility to solve the problems.

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