Formamos a más de 500 profesionales sanitarios de Atención Primaria en prevención del suicidio gracias a la colaboración con la Consejería de Sanidad desde 2024
For the associative movement of Mental Health Castilla y Leónthe suicide prevention It is an absolute priority and an unappealable social requirement. We know that Suicidal behaviors are a complex reality, but also preventable if we act in time and with the right tools. From our Federation, we firmly defend a clear position: Suicide is prevented through closeness, listening, the end of stigma, mutual support and community intervention.
Our health system represents one of the priority lines of intervention when it comes to intervening and detecting possible risk factors, warning signs and precipitating factors. With this firm conviction, we have implemented a new edition of the «Basic Course on Suicide Prevention in the Community from Primary Health Care«. A training action of 40 hours in online mode that took place between April 13 and May 31, 2026 through our Virtual Campus.
This project, which already adds three successful editionsand nearly 500 people participating, it would not be possible without the joint and coordinated work with the Ministry of Health (Regional Health Management, Primary Care Service and Continuity of Care). Financed by charging the funds for the Strategies of the Ministry of Health in support of the Primary and Community Care Action PlanThis course demonstrates the fruits of public-Third Sector collaboration when the common objective is protect the emotional well-being of the citizens of Castilla y León.
Train to detect in time: the key to Primary Care
The Primary Care teams (medicine, pediatrics, nursing), along with emergency, mental health, social work and administrative management professionals, son. who best know people’s daily lives. For this reason, the teaching program, taught by the health psychologists Eva María Carretero García and Luis Fernando López Martínez from ISNISShas comprehensively addressed vital dimensions such as myths and realities of suicidal behavior; risk assessment, protective factors and the clinical interview; specific approach strategies from emergencies and hospital emergencies, as well as postvention and mourningmaking visible the urgent reality of suicide survivors.
The theoretical learning was also complemented with a Practical synchronous webinara direct space that allowed the concepts to ground in the reality of the consultations.
This edition has closed with figures that support the need and quality of this training itinerary:
- Participation and perseverance: Of the 175 registrations received, 108 professionals successfully completing the courseachieving a completion rate of 61.7%. An extremely positive fact when it comes to online training with a high teaching load in a sector with great healthcare pressure.
- Outstanding satisfaction: Satisfaction surveys showed a overall average grade for the course of 4.63 out of 5 and a degree of general satisfaction of 4.71 out of 5.
- Most valued: The student massively highlighted the expanding your knowledge and personal development (both indicators with a 4.75/5), valuing the clarity of practical materials and testimonials that allow them to go one step further in their daily work.
From the Mental Health CyL associative movement We deeply appreciate the commitment of all the registered professionals and their involvement in improving their daily interventions at the time of power. improve suicide prevention. We will continue to promote these knowledge networks becausePrevention is a task for the entire community.
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