Suicide ends a life and often plunges many others into shock, despair, agonizing self-reproach, and grief. Sometimes, family and friends knew or suspected beforehand that their loved one's life was in danger. Often, however, the suicide comes as a complete surprise. The risk of suicide was not recognized, or those around the person were unsure whether it would be appropriate to voice their suspicions and fears. The fact that people at risk of suicide sometimes encounter a lack of understanding or even stigmatization leads some to keep their dark thoughts to themselves.
Approximately 10,000 people take their own lives in Germany every year. This means that more people die by suicide than from traffic accidents, violent crimes, illegal drugs, and AIDS combined. The much higher number of suicide attempts cannot be precisely quantified. A suicide can have many different causes, ranging from mental illnesses such as depression to individual life crises. Suicidality can affect anyone at some point in their life. However, suicide prevention is possible. Whether you are a layperson or a medical professional, anyone can learn to recognize the risk of suicide early on and connect people with professional support services.
This is the goal of the Suicide Prevention Days at the University Medicine Magdeburg, which the Clinical Ethics Committee (KEK) is organizing in collaboration with various university hospital departments and the Robert Enke Foundation on the university hospital campus.
You can find more information here: https://get.med.ovgu.de/tage_der_suizidpraevention.html
Suicide ends a life and often plunges many others into shock, despair, agonizing self-reproach, and grief. Sometimes, family and friends knew or suspected beforehand that their loved one's life was in danger. Often, however, the suicide comes as a complete surprise. The risk of suicide was not recognized, or those around the person were unsure whether it would be appropriate to voice their suspicions and fears. The fact that people at risk of suicide sometimes encounter a lack of understanding or even stigmatization leads some to keep their dark thoughts to themselves.
Approximately 10,000 people take their own lives in Germany every year. This means that more people die by suicide than from traffic accidents, violent crimes, illegal drugs, and AIDS combined. The much higher number of suicide attempts cannot be precisely quantified. A suicide can have many different causes, ranging from mental illnesses such as depression to individual life crises. Suicidality can affect anyone at some point in their life. However, suicide prevention is possible. Whether you are a layperson or a medical professional, anyone can learn to recognize the risk of suicide early on and connect people with professional support services.
This is the goal of the Suicide Prevention Days at the University Medicine Magdeburg, which the Clinical Ethics Committee (KEK) is organizing in collaboration with various university hospital departments and the Robert Enke Foundation on the university hospital campus.
You can find more information here: https://get.med.ovgu.de/tage_der_suizidpraevention.html
Suicide ends a life and often plunges many others into shock, despair, agonizing self-reproach, and grief. Sometimes, family and friends knew or suspected beforehand that their loved one's life was in danger. Often, however, the suicide comes as a complete surprise. The risk of suicide was not recognized, or those around the person were unsure whether it would be appropriate to voice their suspicions and fears. The fact that people at risk of suicide sometimes encounter a lack of understanding or even stigmatization leads some to keep their dark thoughts to themselves.
Approximately 10,000 people take their own lives in Germany every year. This means that more people die by suicide than from traffic accidents, violent crimes, illegal drugs, and AIDS combined. The much higher number of suicide attempts cannot be precisely quantified. A suicide can have many different causes, ranging from mental illnesses such as depression to individual life crises. Suicidality can affect anyone at some point in their life. However, suicide prevention is possible. Whether you are a layperson or a medical professional, anyone can learn to recognize the risk of suicide early on and connect people with professional support services.
This is the goal of the Suicide Prevention Days at the University Medicine Magdeburg, which the Clinical Ethics Committee (KEK) is organizing in collaboration with various university hospital departments and the Robert Enke Foundation on the university hospital campus.
You can find more information here: https://get.med.ovgu.de/tage_der_suizidpraevention.html
Suicide ends a life and often plunges many others into shock, despair, agonizing self-reproach, and grief. Sometimes, family and friends knew or suspected beforehand that their loved one's life was in danger. Often, however, the suicide comes as a complete surprise. The risk of suicide was not recognized, or those around the person were unsure whether it would be appropriate to voice their suspicions and fears. The fact that people at risk of suicide sometimes encounter a lack of understanding or even stigmatization leads some to keep their dark thoughts to themselves.
Approximately 10,000 people take their own lives in Germany every year. This means that more people die by suicide than from traffic accidents, violent crimes, illegal drugs, and AIDS combined. The much higher number of suicide attempts cannot be precisely quantified. A suicide can have many different causes, ranging from mental illnesses such as depression to individual life crises. Suicidality can affect anyone at some point in their life. However, suicide prevention is possible. Whether you are a layperson or a medical professional, anyone can learn to recognize the risk of suicide early on and connect people with professional support services.
This is the goal of the Suicide Prevention Days at the University Medicine Magdeburg, which the Clinical Ethics Committee (KEK) is organizing in collaboration with various university hospital departments and the Robert Enke Foundation on the university hospital campus.
You can find more information here: https://get.med.ovgu.de/tage_der_suizidpraevention.html
