The International Association for Suicide Prevention has instituted an award in the name of Lakshmi Vijayakumar, psychiatrist and Founder of the SNEHA Suicide Prevention Centre. The IASP Lakshmi Vijayakumar Rising Star Award for Impact and Innovation will recognise notable and ongoing impact, innovation, and contribution to the field of suicide prevention at early to mid-career level. She founded SNEHA, an …
Every 40 seconds, someone ends their life; that’s almost 800,000 individuals per year worldwide, with low- and middle-income nations accounting for more than 75% of all suicides, as per WHO. In the wake of this issue, every year on September 10, World Suicide Prevention Day is observed. This notion is reinforced through World Suicide Prevention Day, which provides activities, information, …
The International Association for Suicide Prevention holds its 21st Congress in Chennai, bringing to focus the growing concerns over the causes and effects of death by suicide. Studies in both developing and developed countries reveal an overall prevalence of mental disorders of 80 to 100 per cent in cases of completed suicide. In his presidential address at the Congress, De …
