Decriminalising Attempted Suicide
An Open Dialogue Repeal of Section 309 of the Penal Code Doctors’ legal obligations when treating patients with Mental Health issues. Current status of the proposed Repeal of Sec 309. What happens when attempted suicide survivors are arrested. Real Life Cry for Help – Conversations. Thursday, 29 September 2022 12.30pm to 2.00pm – Registration followed […]
Dekriminalisasi bunuh diri: Kertas cadangan di peringkat akhir, akan dibentang ke Kabinet
KUALA LUMPUR: Kertas cadangan untuk dekriminalisasi bunuh diri kini dalam peringkat akhir di Jabatan Peguam Negara, sebelum ia dibentangkan dalam Mesyuarat Kabinet, kata Menteri Kesihatan Khairy Jamaluddin.
Ahli Parlimen Rembau itu berkata, dekriminalisasi atau penyingkiran hukuman jenayah atas percubaan bunuh diri merupakan sesuatu yang sentiasa beliau ingin lakukan sejak dilantik menjadi Menteri Kesihatan.
World Suicide Prevention Day 2022 – Creating hope Through Action
Every 45 seconds someone takes their life; an estimated 703,000 people a year around the world. For each suicide approximately 135 people suffer intense grief or are otherwise affected, resulting in 108 million people, annually, who are profoundly impacted by suicidal behaviours. For every suicide, 25 people make a suicide attempt and many more have […]
MALAYSIAN YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FILM MAKER TO PRODUCE PSA FOR GSC
Young Malaysian filmmaker to produce RM30,000 mental health PSA for GSC after 2022 Youth Mental Health Film Festival win
Preventing suicide: information for emergency responders
Emergency workers are often the first on the scene to a mental health crisis or suicide attempt. They have a pivotal role to play in what happens from there on. More information: link to https://www.who.int/publications-deta…
Preventing suicide: information for health workers
People go to see doctors and nurses for many different reasons but sometimes the real reason is far more serious than what they say they are there for. Sadly, the stigma of mental health and suicide can get in the way of people asking for help. A health-care worker is in a unique position to […]
Preventing suicide : information for teachers
The teenage years can be full of excitement, opportunities and newfound freedoms. Yet they can also be times fraught with worry about exams, relationships, and keeping up with peers and the latest trends. For some, this burden can become so overwhelming, they take their own lives. But suicide is never the answer. Teachers and other […]
Preventing suicide at work: information for employers, managers and employees
Being at work can be good for mental health. But the increasing pressures at work can be stressful. A difficult work environment or ongoing work-related stressors can worsen the mental health of employees. In some circumstances, they may take their own lives. But suicide is never the answer. There is always hope. Employers and managers […]
Living with a black dog
Millions of people around the world live with depression. “Living with a black dog” is a guide for partners, carers and sufferers of depression. It advises those living with and caring for people with depression on what to do, what not to do, and where to go for help. “Living with a black dog” is […]