The main message of the program is
“Suicide is preventable”
.
The Gatekeeper training program is conducted to understand the
importance of Suicide facts and prevention and equipped with
skills to identify and prevent Suicide. The aim of the program is
to train a person who identifies another person who is at risk of
suicide and refers them to treatment or support services as
appropriate. Students, teachers and staff members were invited to
participate.
Some of them were strategically positioned to recognize and refer
someone at risk of suicide, were invited.
1. Understanding the current facts about Suicide and developing
awareness about the prevalence of it.
2. Busting myths and misconceptions about Suicide. (10 specific
misconceptions and their major negative consequences are discussed
and readdressed with the actual facts).
3. To understand the warning signs of Suicide. (The verbal,
emotional, social, and behavioural cues are discussed, and
awareness about suicide communication events (SCE)).
4. To educate on how to conduct a preliminary risk assessment for
an individual and identify the level of risk in terms of mild,
moderate, or high.
5. Once the risk assessment is done and the level of risk is
identified, introduce the 3-step intervention - QPR
(Question-persuade-Refer) technique and train via a specific QPR
method.
6. Emergency crisis intervention techniques will be introduced to
deal with individuals in need of immediate help.
7. Other Universally accepted intervention techniques will also be
introduced and trained.
The duration of the program was 3 hours. The training program will be offered to different batches of students, teachers and staff members.
