The training action will be held on October 29 at the Insular Auditorium, with 350 free places and the participation of specialists in psychiatry, psychology and prevention
Interested persons can consult all the information and pre-register through the ESSSCAN website: https://essscan.es/formacion/?id=c6531a50-54d9-4213-b8fc-0ace86b19127
The Cabildo of La Gomera and the School of Health and Social Services of the Canary Islands (ESSSCAN), an entity dependent on the Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands, promote the 1st Conference on the Prevention of Suicidal Behavior on the island, which will take place on Thursday, October 29 at the Insular Auditorium.
The president of the Cabildo, Casimiro Curbelo, highlighted that this action is framed in the agreement signed by both entities this year, "and will allow health professionals and other strategic areas to update knowledge and improve their training for the prevention of suicidal behavior."
The sessions will be in person, free and will have 350 places, with a duration of six teaching hours. The activity also has accreditation from the Accreditation Commission for Continuing Training in Health Professions of the Canarian Health Service.
The programming is aimed especially at professionals in Mental Health, Public Health, Primary Care and other health specialties, both in the clinical and management fields. Likewise, it is aimed at professionals from areas that play a relevant role in prevention, such as Education, Social Rights, Minors, Youth, Employment, Housing and Justice, as well as associations and entities involved in this matter.
A multidisciplinary program
The day will begin at 07:30 a.m. with the accreditation of participants, followed, at 08:15 a.m., by the opening and welcome ceremony. The content program will start at 8:30 a.m. with the intervention of Manuel Ajoy Chao, a doctor specializing in Psychiatry and Childhood and Adolescent Psychiatry and coordinator of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Unit of Fuerteventura, who will address the prevention of suicidal behavior in childhood and adolescence.
At 09:20 a.m., Naira Delgado Rodríguez, doctor in Psychology and professor at the Faculty of Psychology and Speech Therapy at the University of La Laguna, will give the presentation 'Superheroes? No, thanks. The importance of accepting vulnerability in the helping professions'. At 10:10 a.m. it will be the turn of educational psychologist Calixto Herrera Rodríguez, coordinator of the Migrations and Odysseys of Colors Program in the Canary Islands Schools, with the conference 'When the context also makes you sick: Mental Health in the face of the challenges of a distracted world'.
After a break between 11:00 and 11:30, the program will resume with the intervention of Marta Winter Navarro, a doctor specializing in Psychiatry at the General Directorate of Assistance Programs, who will analyze the relationship between suicidal behavior and safe environments in the presentation 'Suicidal behavior and safe contexts: The 'veh-inculo'. Regarding a case'.
Subsequently, at 12:20 p.m., Francisco Javier Acosta Artiles, doctor of Medicine, specialist in Psychiatry and professional from the General Directorate of Mental Health and Addictions, will offer a vision of the reality of the Archipelago with the presentation 'Suicidal behavior in the Canary Islands: current situation and prevention'.
The final stretch of the conference will be dedicated, between 1:10 p.m. and 2:10 p.m., to a discussion table and questions, which will allow reflections, experiences and questions to be shared between specialists and participants. The meeting will conclude at 2:30 p.m. with the closing ceremony.
With the aim of expanding the reach of the initiative, the presentations can also be followed live via streaming by interested professionals.
Free registration
The First Conference on the Prevention of Suicidal Behavior in La Gomera will be held in person on Thursday, October 29, with training hours from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and will have 350 free places.
Interested persons can consult all the information and pre-register through the ESSSCAN website: https://essscan.es/formacion/?id=c6531a50-54d9-4213-b8fc-0ace86b19127.
