The History of Suicide and Prescription Safe Plans

This novel and groundbreaking talk offers a new and important perspective of suicide and how we treat those who are suicidal.

Exploring the changing response to suicide across history delegates will consider what impact those experiences have had on our attitudes, language and policies today, including guidance from the WHO.

As we explore the inability of every generation to effectively reduce suicide, we will explore the reality of ever increasing numbers of people reaching out for help, how we help them, and what the hidden consequences of that help might be, not least the possibility that the help offered could actually be playing a role in the rising numbers of suicides being recorded.

What to expect:

• Insights into the history of suicide

• The constants in suicide trends and how these may be changing

• How our history has shaped our culture and influenced our language.

• Discussion on WHO’s initiatives to reduce suicide rates that informs our approach to antidepressant use.

• An overview of a novel resource – The Prescription Safety Plan and its significance in supporting all stakeholders from the unintended consequences or

iatrogenic harm

Overview:

• Understand the historical trends and their influence on today’s suicide prevention strategies.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of current interventions and the role of
• antidepressants.
• Learn about the Prescription Safety Plan and its importance in supporting
• patients and healthcare providers.

Delegates attending will gain valuable insights and skills to share on their training

sessions, with loved ones, and those entrusted to their care.

General Session Information:

This training will take place online via Zoom

**Please be aware, we require a minimum number of delegates for each of our online sessions in order to run these effectively, if we are unable to obtain the minimum number 24 hours prior, you may be informed of the courses postponement and will be given the option to transfer onto the next available course.

Host or Publisher The OLLIE Foundation