The suicide rate in Iran is lower than the world average – Mehr news agency RCO News Agency

According to the Mehr news agency, Hamid Parvih, the vice president of the Iranian Suicide Prevention Scientific Society, stated that this national conference is organized by the Iranian Suicide Prevention Scientific Society, the Counseling and Lifestyle Center of the Iran University of Medical Sciences, and related organizations and institutions. He stated: During these two days, specialized panels with the topics of suicide prevention in work environments, in student groups and medical staff, the challenges of implementing Iran’s national suicide prevention program and suicide prevention from a judicial perspective, forensic considerations, and religious education. is held

Referring to the holding of a panel on the role of media and new technologies in suicide prevention, health management in suicide incidents by the country’s emergency department, he further noted: an innovative panel entitled “Lived experiences in suicide attempts” with the presence of those who are directly and indirectly involved in the phenomenon They were suicides, it will be held.

700,000 people die annually in the world due to suicide The

The head of the counseling center of Iran University of Medical Sciences, stating that the latest achievements of researchers in Iran and the world will be presented in this two-day conference, said: 700,000 people in the world die every year due to suicide as a major public health challenge. and every suicide has extensive social, emotional and economic consequences.

Purvivi mentioned “Changing the narrative on suicide and conversation about suicide” as the 3-year slogan of the International Association for Suicide Prevention approved by the World Health Organization and added: “It is hoped that during these 2 days, in a completely scientific environment with prepared educational programs, the goals will be achieved in advance.” Determined to achieve.

He considered the month of September to be the month of suicide awareness and expressed his hope that the awareness of suicide will spread at the level of the general society and further emphasized: In order to be able to talk about the phenomenon of suicide and its prevention, the scientific language of talking about suicide should be used. to learn

The suicide rate in Iran is lower than the world average, but increasing

The vice president of Iran’s Scientific Society for Suicide Prevention, stating that the media play an important role in providing correct and appropriate information to the public, added: the global average of suicide is decreasing, and although the national average of this phenomenon in Iran is The global average is lower, but in recent years, we have seen its increase, which requires more talk about suicide and the implementation of scientific programs and documented interventions.

Purvi, stating that this conference has the permits of Islamic World Science Reference Center (ISC) conferences, further clarified: at the same time, psychologists and counselors of the Organization of Psychology and Counseling of the Islamic Republic of Iran and doctors and paramedics working in the Ministry of Health and medical education can earn retraining points by participating in this scientific conference.

The third national conference on suicide prevention with the participation and spiritual support of the scientific psychological associations of Iran, the scientific association of Iranian psychiatrists, the scientific association of “Islamic-Iranian” psychology, the scientific association of social psychology, the social work association of Iran and with the participation of the country’s welfare organizations, Faraja social deputy, Fire Organization, Ministry of Education, Social Affairs Organization of the Ministry of Interior and other organizations and bodies active in the field of suicide prevention will be held on 25 and 26 Shahrivar 1403 at the International Conference Hall of Iran University of Medical Sciences.