The State Disability Observatory (OED) facilitated and presented the first study Suicide And People with disabilities. This study had operational management Spanish Committee for the Disabled (CERMI).
The study, entitled “Suicide among people with disabilities in Spain”, aims to better understand this reality in the field of people with disabilities. Similarly, it also intends to develop prevention strategies that manage to reduce impact.
The study analyzed The relationship between suicide and disability To generate knowledge at its various levels and to generate prevention proposals. In short, the study seeks to identify risk factors as well as protective factors in the event of possible suicide or attempted suicide in persons with disabilities. In addition, they intend to carry out activities such as, for example, creating support networks or promoting social participation, among others.
With multiple methodologies that provide an overview of existing knowledge and qualitative empirical research, the study presents examples of good practice, conclusions, and recommendations. All this “to ensure a comprehensive national response to suicide prevention.” In this way a call is made for administrations to get involved and work on it.
“It is necessary to act from the most basic, personal and public level, as well as from the social level, in dealing with all the agents who can help improve the current situation,” the report said.
COVID-19, an apparent mitigating factor for suicide in people with disabilities
A pandemic emerged among the proposed findings COVID-19 As in charge Increase some of the risk factors for suicide, As in the case of loneliness. Similarly, another finding indicated that, by the way, persons with disabilities are more likely to develop suicidal behaviors because they are more vulnerable to cases of stigmatization and discrimination.
At the same time, the report included recommendations highlighting the need to always develop universal access standards for suicide prevention measures to enable all people to respond.
Using support and guidance resources in case of acquired disability, creating places to facilitate emotional education, or creating tools to avoid unwanted loneliness situations are some of the preventative measures suggested in the report.
Source: El Diario
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