Öngyilkosság-prevenció az iskolákban: A Fiatalkori Mentális Egészség-öntudatosság Program (YAM) bemutatása
Suicide Prevention in Schools: Introduction of the Youth Aware of Mental Health Programme (YAM)

Summary/Abstract: The introduction of the article briefly summarizes the topic of youth suicide and: 1) the most relevant epidemiological data that illustrates the importance of the topic, 2) the risk and protective factors that guide the reader to the prevention and 3) prevention methods. The next part of the article presents a validated, evidence based, school-based mental health promotion and suicide prevention program, the Youth Aware of Mental Health Program (YAM), which is already adopted into Hungarian schools. As the schools are very important place for prevention, we would like to highlight the importance that a prevention program with such parameters has to be integrated into the curriculum of the schools in Hungary and to make it accessible to all young people.

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