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World Suicide Prevention Day is an awareness day observed on 10 September every year since 2003, to provide worldwide commitment and action to prevent suicides.

The IASP collaborates with the WHO

World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) is an awareness day observed on 10 September every year since 2003, to provide worldwide commitment and action to prevent suicides. The IASP

The need to express your feelings is in no way a weakness. If you think that wearing your heart on the sleeve will allow others to manipulate you and puts you in a vulnerable position, then, by all means, speak to someone you can trust, or approach someone qualified to help you

Every life lost represents someone’s partner, child, parent, friend, or colleague. For us to understand the gravity of the problem, it is important that a mechanism is quickly

Tragic events of the 21st April have left behind numerous victims and others in shock with untold grief and fear unable to bear up the sudden loss of loved ones. At this hour of need Sumithrayo extends

“There is a severe lack of awareness on mental health in Sri Lanka which contributes to our high rate of suicides.” (Clinical Psychologist Chrishara Paranawithana). When you’re suicidal, the world feels dead to you. If a person feeling this way can be given

A support system is vital: “Support at home is significant. Who knows you most, who sees you most. If they dismiss you where do you go? So, the support system should start right there”

“…volunteers must be able to sensitively handle the deeply private nature of the information shared with them…. to be able to understand where they are coming from and guide

Suicide: Lankan society on razor’s edge A support system is vital: “Support at home is significant. Who knows you most, who sees you most. If they dismiss you where do you go? So, the support system should start right there” Read More

Talking People Out Of Harm: The Volunteers Behind Suicide Prevention In Sri Lanka "...volunteers must be able to sensitively handle the deeply private nature of the information shared with them.... to be able to understand where they (a distressed person) are coming from and guide them to a more rational state of mind by empowering