World Mental Health day 2019 Event 10-10-19 Isle of dogs, London

1. WORLD
MENTAL
HEALTH DAY
-2019
BY DR SESHNI MOODLIAR, DR S
ZABEEN
TRUSTWORTHY FOUNDATION

2. WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY 2019
WHO Recognises World mental health day
Theme : Suicide Prevention

3. SUICIDE PREVENTION
¡ Important to talk about this
¡ More common than we think
¡ See clinical cases daily

4. SUICIDE PREVENTION
¡ Statistics –suicide globally
800000 people die
¡ Real people with serious
mental health issues and
stressors

5. SUICIDE PREVENTION
¡ DIFFERENTIATE
¡ ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
¡ SUICIDE –someone takes their own life
by
¡ -hanging
¡ -overdose
¡ -Deliberate self harm
¡ -violent methods gun

6. SUICIDE PREVENTION-RISK FACTORS
No one single risk factor for this why
people die by suicide
¡ Individual risk factors
¡ Previous suicide attempts
¡ Mental health problems
https://healthyfamilies.beyondblue.org.au/

7. SUICIDE PREVENTION-RISK FACTORS
¡ Drug and alcohol misuse
¡ Financial loss
¡ Chronic pain
¡ Family history of suicide
https://healthyfamilies.beyondblue.org.au/

8. SUICIDE PREVENTION - RISK FACTORS
No Support
Relationship
Breakdown
Relationships
Isolation
Loss
Trauma/Abuse
Poverty
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Disaster/War/
Conflict
Community
Discrimination

9. SUICIDE PREVENTION –SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
Stress, life events , bullying , divorce, financial
Talk-talking about it , hopeless, feeling trapped, pain
¡ Change in mood and signs of mental illness-depression, anxiety,
loss of interest, humiliation , agitation, anger, irritability
¡ Change in behaviour –use of drugs and alcohol, searching,
isolating , sleeping too much , making goodbye calls, giving away
stuff, aggression, fatigue
¡ Physical health

10. SUICIDE PREVENTION IN TEENAGERS AND
CHILDREN
¡ Important as children and teenagers find it difficult to talk
¡ More awareness
¡ NHS framework recommends
¡ Building resilience and confidence
¡ Building social support
¡ Building adaptability
¡ Building Purposefulness

11. SUICIDE PREVENTION - HELP
¡ Call GP
¡ Call NHS 111
¡ Contact the local mental health crisis team
¡ Phone a free help line
¡ Samaritans
¡ Calm
¡ Papyrus
https://www.samaritans.org/
https://www.thecalmzone.net/
https://papyrus-uk.org/
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12. SUICIDE PREVENTION

13. SUICIDE PREVENTION-NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION
STRATEGY
¡ Reduce risk of suicide in high risk groups
¡ Improve mental health
¡ Reduce access to means of suicide
¡ Provide more information for those bereaved or affected by
suicide
¡ Support media
¡ Supporting research

14. SUICIDE PREVENTION-PROTECTIVE FACTORS
SOCIETAL
Seek mental
health support
Support with family,
friends, peers,
community
Full time
employment
Problem
solving
skills
Coping
skills
Hopeful and
optimistic
at stressful times

15. SUICIDE PREVENTION-ALL OUR
RESPONSIBILITY
¡ We each have a role to play to pay attention to the wellbeing of
people in our community such as friends, colleagues and anyone
you are worried about

16. Thank you
Let’s talk and save lives

17. CONTACT US
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E: Suraiya@trustworthyfoundation.org
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