Mental health has been at the heart of concerns since the Covid-19 crisis. On the occasion of National Suicide Prevention Day, February 5, the Ministry of Health recalls all free helpersaccessible by telephone and online, managed by health professionals… which currently exist.
To get help:
For teenagers who need help, especially with questions of health or sexual orientation, teenage houses are good resources. The youth health thread, which is aimed at people between the ages of 12 and 25 who need to talk about love, ill-being, sexuality or any other subject related to physical or mental health is available by telephone, all daily from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.: 0 800 235 236And by chat, until 10 p.m.. For students, there is also Nightlinewith numbers according to the cities, which offers in particular “a survival kit including, for example, a tool to help write a message to tell a loved one that you are in bad shape”, recalls the ministry.
Whether you are yourself in a period of suicidal risk, or whether you are bereaved by a suicide, or close to someone at risk… The national suffering and suicide prevention number is free and accessible 7 days a week and 24 hours a day: 3114.
In 17 regions (including 4 overseas) and in 92 departments, the Vigilans aid system has been deployed: it is aimed at people who have attempted suicide and undertakes to set up around them a medical network to maintain regular contact.
To help others:
In addition, since 2019, there have been training courses to learn how to identify, assess the risk of suicide and intervene with a person in crisis. Anyone can register. Can also become a mental health first aiderthrough training.
Source: Ministry of Health and Prevention.
