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More than 2,000 people have enrolled in the Osakidetza Life program to prevent suicide

The Department of Health has launched new initiatives in the Basque Country in the face of suicide, such as online training for families and teachers in early detection of warning signs, while the follow-up protocol for new suicide attempts has already served about 4,000 people.

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More than 2,000 people have signed up for Osakidetza'songoing Life Programfor Suicide Prevention, data published by the Department of Health on the occasion of World Suicide Prevention Day, confirming that "early detection and vulnerable minors

Based on this objective, Osakidetza, through the School of Health, will launch in the last quarter of the year a new online course for adolescents and young people ,training also aimed at teachers, social workers and families, providing them with the tools necessary for early identification of warning signals.

In addition, the public health network is implementing the iSUPERA-A research project in mental health centres in Gipuzkoa with minors who have previously suffered crises or trials. The current objective is to incorporate this protocol into Osakidetza's usual clinical practice and to extend the possibility for adolescents to receive specialized treatments to prevent new incidents.

The Basque network has also been running the CISR Code (Recent Suicide Attempt Code) since 2022. This protocol has already made it possible to identify and specialise monitoring some 4,000 people at risk in the Basque Country.

As explained by the Department of Health, all these actions are part of the Basque Country's Mental Health Strategy and "advance the objectives of the Basque Health Pact to optimize institutional response".

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