Against a backdrop of economic crisis, deadlocks demonstrably longer triggers on a personal and professional level but also ... weakness of mental health services to curb its impact on more or less vulnerable Greeks celebrated today ( and ) in our country the Day for Prevention of Suicide .
According to available data the NGO SCALE , from the beginning of the year until August recorded at least 230 suicides .
For 2012 there are no official data yet , while in 2011 it was 477 suicides . As regards the gender of suicide , the data show that suicide is ... male affair , as 393 people who put an end to their lives this year are men and 84 women.
Dramatic increase seen but as regards the percentage of women who made the aponenoimeno approach : their rate more than doubled in one year , from 2010 to 2011 , reaching 17%.
In 2010 the recorded suicides amounted to 353 , with 336 male suicides and 41 women.
In 2009 there were 391 suicides , of which 333 were in men and 58 in women . In 2007 there were 328 suicides (268 men and 60 women) and the next year suicides increased by 45 , reaching 373 suicides , of which 308 were men and 65 women.
Hundreds of suicides , thousands of attempts
Experts of the NGO " SCALE " said actually suicides are much more than those recorded , indicating that there are no data on " failed " attempts , which are estimated to be up to 15 times more than the recorded suicides .
Nevertheless, as scientists to reduce suicide should be related to the prevention and not be left to the ... failure of desperate people deciding to go to aponenoimeno step .
According to the scientific director of SCALE , Kyriakos Katsadoro , 80 % of suicides could have been avoided.
This NGO had undertaken to design a national program for the prevention of suicide two years ago which was adopted one from the then Deputy Minister Markos Bolaris , but the implementation takes to lack of funding.
' Embrace ' crisis, depression and suicidality
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The need for measures to protect the mental health of the Greek population and prevent suicide note in response to the current day and the specialists of the University Research Institute of Mental Health ( UMHRI ) of the University of Athens.
According to data from four studies conducted by UMHRI previous years recorded a significant increase of depressive episodes : from 3.3 % in 2008 to 6.8% in 2009 to 8.2 % in 2011 and 12.3 in 2013.
Equally harsh elements derived from data Helpline for Depression ( 1034 ) UMHRI : at the end of the second semester of 2009 only 8.4% of people called Line made reference to mental problems arise from financial difficulties. By the end of 2012 this figure jumped to 39.2 % - and the course is steadily increasing.
Overall, the past three years, the line has received 11,542 calls. 58 % of those seeking help are parents and generally people with family responsibilities .
Dangerous symptoms
The majority ( 85.7 %) callers Line report symptoms of depression , ie fallen mood, loss of interest in daily activities, despair.
Seven out of ten reported anxiety symptoms (excessive worry , panic attacks , phobias ), while 68% " somatopoiei ' mental problems , citing numbness, trembling limbs, dizziness , weight loss , sleep disturbances .
At the same time, 15.1 % of all calls has content related to suicidality . Of the callers who talk about suicide or death wish , the 84.9 % state powerless to deal with the difficult and impossible situation in which found and wish they could die. 30.7 % reported that it has already made an attempt and 10.9% describe the specific Line the shot suicidal thinking to implement .
According to available data the NGO SCALE , from the beginning of the year until August recorded at least 230 suicides .
For 2012 there are no official data yet , while in 2011 it was 477 suicides . As regards the gender of suicide , the data show that suicide is ... male affair , as 393 people who put an end to their lives this year are men and 84 women.
Dramatic increase seen but as regards the percentage of women who made the aponenoimeno approach : their rate more than doubled in one year , from 2010 to 2011 , reaching 17%.
In 2010 the recorded suicides amounted to 353 , with 336 male suicides and 41 women.
In 2009 there were 391 suicides , of which 333 were in men and 58 in women . In 2007 there were 328 suicides (268 men and 60 women) and the next year suicides increased by 45 , reaching 373 suicides , of which 308 were men and 65 women.
Hundreds of suicides , thousands of attempts
Experts of the NGO " SCALE " said actually suicides are much more than those recorded , indicating that there are no data on " failed " attempts , which are estimated to be up to 15 times more than the recorded suicides .
Nevertheless, as scientists to reduce suicide should be related to the prevention and not be left to the ... failure of desperate people deciding to go to aponenoimeno step .
According to the scientific director of SCALE , Kyriakos Katsadoro , 80 % of suicides could have been avoided.
This NGO had undertaken to design a national program for the prevention of suicide two years ago which was adopted one from the then Deputy Minister Markos Bolaris , but the implementation takes to lack of funding.
' Embrace ' crisis, depression and suicidality
.jpg)
The need for measures to protect the mental health of the Greek population and prevent suicide note in response to the current day and the specialists of the University Research Institute of Mental Health ( UMHRI ) of the University of Athens.
According to data from four studies conducted by UMHRI previous years recorded a significant increase of depressive episodes : from 3.3 % in 2008 to 6.8% in 2009 to 8.2 % in 2011 and 12.3 in 2013.
Equally harsh elements derived from data Helpline for Depression ( 1034 ) UMHRI : at the end of the second semester of 2009 only 8.4% of people called Line made reference to mental problems arise from financial difficulties. By the end of 2012 this figure jumped to 39.2 % - and the course is steadily increasing.
Overall, the past three years, the line has received 11,542 calls. 58 % of those seeking help are parents and generally people with family responsibilities .
Dangerous symptoms
The majority ( 85.7 %) callers Line report symptoms of depression , ie fallen mood, loss of interest in daily activities, despair.
Seven out of ten reported anxiety symptoms (excessive worry , panic attacks , phobias ), while 68% " somatopoiei ' mental problems , citing numbness, trembling limbs, dizziness , weight loss , sleep disturbances .
At the same time, 15.1 % of all calls has content related to suicidality . Of the callers who talk about suicide or death wish , the 84.9 % state powerless to deal with the difficult and impossible situation in which found and wish they could die. 30.7 % reported that it has already made an attempt and 10.9% describe the specific Line the shot suicidal thinking to implement .
