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“Falar é a melhor solução”/"Talk is the better solution" - Yellow September

To mark the Yellow September Month, Global Shapers Praia Hub is promoting an Open Conversation - “Talking is the best solution” with the aim of raising awareness about suicide and mental disorders, helping to demystify them. “Talking is the best solution” is a proposal that aims to inform to learn and help others in the fight against or against this disease. It is very important that close people know how to identify when someone is thinking about committing suicide and have an idea of ​​when to seek or indicate adequate professional support. Suicide prevention is not limited to the health network, it should go beyond it, requiring the existence of measures in different areas of society, which may contribute to the reduction of suicide rates. A rate that Cape Verde presents in the latest statistics as 40% of the total of 93 registered deaths. For this open conversation we will have as speaker the psychologist, Dr. Jacob Vicente and the psychologist, Dr. Christie Wahnon. During two hours, guests will have the opportunity to address relevant subtopics, such as: - What are the situations or causes that lead to suicide; - Male suicide - causes, motives and prevention; - Prejudice and Taboos about Suicide; - Suicidal Thoughts - How to detect, prevent and help; - Suicide associated/motivated by depression; - Suicide and the influence of social networks; - Suicide and self-esteem.