Tomorrow, Thursday September 10, will be observed as “World Suicide Prevention Day”
The first event of its kind was staged in 2003, with the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) collaborating with the World Health Organization and the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) at the forefront.
In observing the occasion tomorrow, Grenada will seek to create awareness about the effects of the scourge, with the aim of formulating a national suicide prevention strategy,
Mid-morning today, it was the hot topic on Wee FM with host Mikey Hutchinson, who interacted with Officer Sampson Sylvester of the Royal Grenada Police Force (RGPF).
We hear it’s contemplating taking a greater look at introducing surveillance regarding the state of suicides in Grenada.
Statistics have been released showing the rate of suicides and attempted suicides for this year.
Officer Sylvester spoke of several contributing factors as it relates to the suicide situation here.
How to determine whether one has suicidal tendencies was one of the questions put to officer Sylvester.
