Intervention

The National Board of Health established a committee which began its work in June 1997 and published its recommendations for a National Programme for Prevention of Suicide Attempts and Suicide in Denmark in August 1998.

The National Programme suggested that recommendations be established by means of the following three levels:

• Specific prevention directly aimed at the suicide process
• Prevention aimed at specific risk factors and groups at risk concerning suicidal behaviour
• General prevention and information aiming at improving human lives including the ability of the individual to deal with problems and crises

Find the summary of Recommendations for a National Programme for Prevention of Suicide Attempts and Suicide in Denmark, 1998: Click here

Groups of risk

In continuation of the National Programme from 1998 it has been emphasised, politically, that the field of suicide prevention should be given high priority in the period of 2005-2008. Institutions could apply for financial support from the Ministry of Social Affairs. Three groups of people were defined as groups of risk:

• elderly people, particularly elderly men
• young people, particuarly girls
• mentally disordered, particularly those just discharged from a psychiatric department

Intervention programmes at Centre for Suicide Research

• Travellers - SAYLE
• Travellers for Young People with Eating Disorders
• Travellers - at upper secondary schools

Completed intervention programmes at Centre for Suicide Research

• Travellers for Vulnerable Young People
• Suicide Prevention among Elderly People
• Prevention of Suicidal Behaviour among Children and Young People

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