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Mental Health Awareness Week

Introduction to Suicide Prevention and Awareness (Lighthouse)

This short session will use a combination of presentation and group discussion to provide an Introduction to Suicide Prevention and Awareness.

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Date(s)
May 16, 2023
Location
Online
Time
12:00 - 13:30

This session will help participants to recognise signs of risk, and how to respond to warning signs, as well as addressing the concept of mental health.

Objectives

  • Understanding of ‘mental health’.
  • Stigma and misinformation surrounding suicide and mental health.
  • Risk factors associated with suicide risk.
  • Warning signs of suicide risk.
  • Skills to help respond to suicide risk.
  • Statutory and Community Resources available for support

Facilitator: Lighthouse has 20 years’ experience in delivering early intervention, counselling and crisis support in suicide prevention and emotional health. It has a diverse range of referral and signposting partnerships, and offers bespoke training to support organisations and individuals in suicide alertness, and statutory and community resources that provide support.

Please register in advance for this session via iTrent

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This initiative is being delivered as part of Mental Health Awareness Week. For our full Programme, please click here.

If you have any queries about this initiative, please contact the organiser using the details at the bottom of this page.

Event type
Information Event
Department
People and Culture
Audience
Staff
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Subject/Theme
Health / Wellbeing
Event Organiser Details
Name Staff Wellbeing
Email wellbeing@qub.ac.uk