The VigilanS program is available to anyone who has attempted suicide. The goal is to maintain contact—by phone or mail—and to provide the most appropriate follow-up care if necessary....

The National Union for Suicide Prevention (UNPS) emphasizes the importance of the telephone counseling services provided by organizations as part of the current system for providing...

Suicide prevention in France relies in particular on the training of three types of professionals with distinct roles: the sentinel, the suicide risk assessor, and the crisis responder....

Paradoxically, sweeping suicide under the rug hinders any possibility of prevention. The right words to discuss suicide or a suicide attempt do exist, in the form of reporting that is...

Several international programs—including Youth Aware of Mental Health (YAM), “Jeunes conscients de leur santé mentale”—have highlighted an effective strategy for preventing suicide and...

"La Santé en action" addresses suicide prevention from the perspective of the interventions and prevention measures implemented in France. You will find a bibliographic selection of the...

Effective interventions to prevent suicide exist, as demonstrated by the scientific literature. This finding has led government authorities and public health professionals to adopt this...

The "Baromètre Santé" survey conducted by INPES in 2010 makes it possible, given the size of the sample of respondents, to analyze the use of addictive substances by economic sector. -...

About half of 15- to 30-year-olds use the Internet to find information or seek advice about health. Three-quarters of them did so in connection with a medical consultation, either before...

The teacher training curriculum has been overhauled in recent years. The regulations now call for the introduction of health education modules, as this topic has become one of the...