WHO Tools and Guidelines Nazneen Anwar Regional Adviser Mental Health and substance Dependence WHO Regional Office for SouthEast Asia Preventing suicide a global imperative httpwwwwhointmentalhealthsuicidepreventionworldreport2014en ID: 1038170
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1. PREVENTING SUICIDE: A REGIONAL IMPERATIVEWHO Tools and GuidelinesNazneen AnwarRegional Adviser, Mental Health and substance DependenceWHO Regional Office for South-East Asia
2. Preventing suicide: a global imperative (http://www.who.int/mental_health/suicide-prevention/world_report_2014/en/)Public health action for the prevention of suicide: a framework (http://www.who.int/mental_health/publications/prevention_suicide_2012/en/)mhGAP Intervention Guide for mental, neurological and substance use disorders in non-specialized health settings (http://www.who.int/mental_health/publications/mhGAP_intervention_guide/en/)Clinical management of acute pesticide intoxication: prevention of suicidal behaviours (http://www.who.int/mental_health/publications/9789241596732/en/)Preventing Suicide: a resource series (http://www.who.int/mental_health/resources/preventingsuicide/en/)Safer Access to Pesticides: Community Interventions (http://www.who.int/mental_health/suicide-prevention/safer_access_pesticides/en/)WHO Tools and Guidelines
3. National strategiesSuicide prevention: publications and toolsTechnical tools and resources for implementationReducing access to meansEarly identification, assessment, management, follow-upResponsible reporting by media professionalsGlobal Health Estimates and surveillanceSchool-based interventionsHelping Adolescents Thrive (HAT) package upcoming for filed testingCommunity engagement and more resources
4. Increase awareness of the public health significance of suicide and suicide attemptsMake suicide prevention a high priority on the global public health agenda Encourage and support countries to develop/ strengthen comprehensive suicide prevention strategiesGlobal knowledge base on suicide and suicide attemptsPreventing suicide: a global imperative (http://www.who.int/mental_health/suicide-prevention/world_report_2014/en
5. Identifies the critical elements of a framework for taking public health action to prevent suicide.Highlights effective interventions and prevention strategiesCase registration
6. Self-ingestion of pesticides remains a widely used means of suicide and one of the most common means of suicide in the world.Highlights means restriction as part of an overall suicide prevention strategy Summarizes case studies that explore the feasibility and acceptability of secure storage of pesticides in rural communities.
7. A tool for countries to use in setting up a public health surveillance system for suicide attempts and self-harm cases presenting at general hospitals, based on medical recordsMonitoring of the incidence, demographic patterns and methods involved in cases of attempted suicide and self-harm presenting at hospitals Provides information that can assist in the development of suicide prevention strategiesIncludes a section on training
8. Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) is WHO’s action plan to scale up services for mental, neurological and substance use disorders for LMICs mhGAP promotes partnerships for collective action and reinforce commitment of governments, international organizations and other stakeholders.mhGAP-IG is a technical tool for the implementation of the mhGAP programmeMental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) and mhGAP-IG
9. preventing suicide a resource series:Resource book for :Media professionalsGeneral physiciansTeachers and other school staffPreventing suicide a resource at workCase registrationCounsellorsPreventing suicide in jails and prisonsPolice, firefighters and other first line respondersHealthcare workersPrison officersPreventing suicide how to start a survivors group
10. Communities play a critical rolein suicide preventionPreventing suicide: a community engagement toolkit, in collaboration with the Mental Health Commission of Canada