World Suicide Prevention Day is commemorated on the 10th of September as an initiative of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) and is in official relations with the World Health Organization (WHO).
The 2008 theme is: “Think Globally, Plan Nationally, Act Locally” and it focuses people’s attention on the huge and important problem of suicidal behaviours.
The 2008 theme is: “Think Globally, Plan Nationally, Act Locally” and it focuses people’s attention on the huge and important problem of suicidal behaviours.
“The WHO estimates that the one million people die in the world each year by suicide. (…) The reality is that every minute there are two more deaths by suicide.”
International Association for Suicide Prevention
