The workshop on Suicide Prevention Hotlines within the ImpleMENTAL’s Work package 6 (WP6 – Suicide prevention) was held online (via Zoom) on 25th November 9-13:00 MET.
The aim of the workshop was to exchange experiences from different countries (Slovenia, Serbia, Spain, Iceland and Greece) on running crisis hotlines (telephone or chat) with a special focus on dealing with somebody being acutely suicidal and also on the topic of merging several hotlines into one.
dr. Mirjana Radovanovič (Head of the Unit for Treatment of alcohol addiction at the University Psychiatric Clinic Ljubljana): Telephone crisis line ‘Call in mental distress’ (SLO)
Checklist used while on a call
Theodora Skali, MSc, PhD (Laboratory teaching staff in psychology and a psychotherapist, 1st Department of Psychiatry-Eginition Hospital; National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), Kavadatos Alexios, Msc (Clinical psychologist and Supervisor in 10306): Helpline 10306: A unique case of building bonds and bridges among mental health specialists- in private and public- and an example of crisis intervention (GRE)
Short video on the helpline 10306
Olga Theodorikakou (Head of Projects and Strategy Units and a Coordinator of the Center for Suicide Prevention & Suicide Hotline 1018, KLIMAKA NGO): The Greek Suicide Prevention Center & Suicide Prevention Hotline 1018
Dr. Pilar Aparicio Azcárraga (General Director of Public Health, Ministry of Health of Spain): Hotline 024: call for life (SPA)
Sandra Björk Birgisdóttir (Project Manager, Red Cross Helpline 1717), Hanna Ólafsdóttir (Project Manager, Red Cross Helpline 1717): Red Cross Helpline 1717 (ICE)
prof. Ivana Stašević Karličić, MD, PhD (Director of the Clinic for Mental Disorders “Dr Laza Lazarević” in Belgrade, president of the National Committee for mental health in the Republic of Serbia), assist. prof. Vladan Đorđević, MPH, PhD, Zorana Filipović: Digital mental health – Experiences from the Serbia
Matej Vinko, MD (Leading the expert group on public mental health at the National Institute of Public Health of Slovenia, Deputy head of the National Mental Health Programme for 2018-2028): Experiences with merging together several hotlines in the covid pandemics in Slovenia
Closing and a short evaluation
DOCUMENTATION
(agenda, minutes of a discussion, link to additional materials)
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