Entrevista com João Goulão, diretor do Serviço de Intervenção em Comportamentos de Vício e Dependências (SICAD) de Portugal. A relação do poder público com o usuário de drogas, os tipos de intervenção possíveis e as vantagens e dificuldades da implementação de uma abordagem não criminalizante dos casos são alguns dos tópicos da matéria. Leia aqui.
Dia: 17 de junho, 2016
To talk or not to talk? The dilemma of suicide contagion
In recent years, research has shown that suicide has the potential to spread through social networks – a phenomenon some have dubbed “suicide contagion.”
Sophisticated, diverse statistical modeling techniques have largely reached the same conclusion: if someone is exposed to the suicide attempt or death of a friend, it increases that person’s risk of suicidal thoughts and attempts.
The consequences can be devastating for families, classmates and townspeople, who are left struggling to understand why clusters of suicides are occurring in their communities, from Newton, Massachusetts to Palo Alto, California. [Leia mais – The Conversation]