Setembro amarelo: como combater o estigma?

Alexandre Paim Diaz; Antônio Geraldo da Silva

doi:10.25118/issn.2965-1832.2019.661

Authors

Alexandre Paim Diaz Médico psiquiatra, Mestre e Doutor em Ciências Médicas pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, pesquisador do Núcleo de Pesquisa em Neurologia Clínica e Experimental - NUPNEC/UFSC, Pós-doutorado na Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Department of Psychiatry e no New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, EUA
Antônio Geraldo da Silva Médico psiquiatra, coordenador nacional da Campanha Setembro Amarelo, superintendente técnico e diretor tesoureiro da ABP, presidente da Associação Psiquiátrica da América Latina - APAL, doutoramento em Bioética pela Faculdade de Medicina do Porto - Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3423-7076

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25118/issn.2965-1832.2019.661

Keywords:

suicide prevention, suicide awareness, mental health promotion, prejudice

Abstract

As part of the yellow September campaign actions, which began last Sunday, ABPTV will make a series of special programs on suicide prevention. In this first program, we will address the theme "How to fight stigma", with the presence of the national coordinators of the Campaign, Dr. Antonio Geraldo da Silva and Dr. Alexandre Paim-Diaz. According to data from the World Health Organization - WHO, cases of death by suicide are directly related to the presence of psychiatric disorders. Such illnesses may have been inadequately treated or not followed up at all. The stigma that surrounds mental illness is a major obstacle to its correct treatment and, consequently, an important factor for the risk of suicide. But what must be done to effectively combat stigma and save lives? This and other questions will be answered from now on.