Suicide Prevention Model for Local Community

บทคัดย่อ

Mae Hong Son is one of the highest suicidal rate province in Thailand (11.7 per 100,000 population), which is higher than the Healthy Thailand Index National Standard. To prevent and reduce the suicidal rate, a suicide prevention model was studied and experimented at the Pa Lan Village of the Mae Hong Son Province (in Huay Pong Subdistrict of Muang District) from June to August 2005. The study group was 25 persons, composing of the community leader, elderly and house-wife group representatives, and the volunteers from the community health care unit. The objectives of the study were as follows: 1) To educate the community leaders on depression symptoms and suicidal risks. 2) To be able to screen and give preliminary assistance to the depression patients with suicidal risks. 3) To develop network for solving the suicidal problems in their own communities. 4) To carry out activities for mental health prevention. The activities started with training on mental health and psychiatric care. Following by AIC process then, gathering data and information compare between pre and post evaluation, group discussions, and administration of individual files for high-risk suicided. Statistical analysis was done by Percentage. The outcomes revealed all the participants obtained more knowledge on depression and suicidal risks. Importantly, the new knowledge these people gained contributed as below : 1) Screening and identifying people with depression as well as making refer to Pa Lan Health Care Unit and Sri Sung Wan Hospital consecutively. 2) Initiation promotion activities. In conclusion, this study has demonstrated a new model for the suicidal prevention witch could be truthful in other communities.