The internationalization of the Yellow September® campaign

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https://doi.org/10.25118/2763-9037.2023.v13.1050

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yellow September, suicide prevention, social stigma, public health policy, psychiatry, mental health, suicide, suicide attempt

Abstract

Yellow September® is the suicide prevention campaign created in the United States in 1994 and brought to Brazil by the then president of the Brazilian Psychiatric Association, Antônio Geraldo da Silva, in 2013. In 2014, the Brazilian Psychiatric Association and the Brazilian Federal Council of Medicine formed partnerships on behalf of the campaign to spread the message of suicide prevention and encouragement of mental health care, with the aim of raising public awareness and combating stigma against mental illness. The internationalization of Yellow September® with its publicity in Times Square broke down geographical barriers to send a clear message that suicide prevention is a universal issue that knows no borders.

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César Augusto Trinta Weber, Professor, Centro de Estudos José de Barros Falcão, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil

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Doctor graduated from the Federal Faculty of Medical Sciences Foundation of Porto Alegre Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre, Post-Doctorate from the Department of Neurosciences and Behavioral Sciences of the Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto of the University of São Paulo, USP. PhD from the Department of Psychiatry of the Federal University of São Paulo, UNIFESP, Master's degree in Education from the Faculty of Education of the Lutheran University of Brazil, ULBRA, Postgraduate degree in Hospital Administration from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, PUCRS and in Health Management Health Services and Systems from the School of Administration of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS. Specialist title in Psychiatry (TEP - AMB/ABP). Psychiatrist (RQE/CRM-RS). Full member of ABP. Member/General Secretary of the ABP Public Policies and Institutional Relations Commission/2023. Member of the Assessment and Conduct Committee in relation to Resolution CNJ n 487/2023 - 2023 of the ABP. Writer. Full Professor, Supervisor and Advisor of the Psychiatry Training Program at CEJBF. Former Scientific Director of CEJBF. Civil servant (inactive) gazetted at the Health Department of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Auditor Doctor, Health Specialist. Former Researcher of the Assistance, Teaching and Research Program in Stress, Trauma and Affective Diseases of the Hospital das Clínicas of the Faculty of Ribeirão Preto Medicine/Department of Neurosciences and Behavioral Sciences, USP. Former Technical Director of the CEJBF Outpatient Clinic. Former Municipal Secretary of Health of Encruzilhada do Sul, Former State Technical Coordinator of Reimbursement to the SUS, Former President and Former Advisor of the Association of Auditors of the Unified Health System, AUDISUS, Former Head of the Teaching and Research Division of the Parthenon Sanatorium Hospital of the Health Department of the State of Rio Grande do Sul. Former Director and Former Counselor of the Medical Union of Rio Grande do Sul, SIMERS. Former President of the Technical Health Audit Chamber of the Regional Council of Medicine of Rio Grande do Sul, CREMERS.

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2023-09-20

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Weber CAT. The internationalization of the Yellow September® campaign. Debates em Psiquiatria [Internet]. 2023 Sep. 20 [cited 2024 Sep. 7];13:1-6. Available from: https://revistardp.org.br/revista/article/view/1050

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Vol. 13 (2023)

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