GCMHP Arranges Awareness Meeting on Suicide

Gaza Community Mental Health Programme has held on 29 July an educational meeting with the parents of the children who benefit from "Sports for Smile" project, which is being implemented in cooperation the German development agency (GIZ).

The meeting, took place in Al-Maghazi Services Club, was on the issue of suicide to orient the participants about its causes and help them help their children or other who might be prone to suicide.

Psychologist Khitam Abu Shawareb, explained to the participants the causes that can lead people especially adolescents to take their own lives. The most important among these causes were accumulating psychological pressure.

She also talked about the role of parents and families in supporting their children and what to do to protect them when they show any suicide signs.

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