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APPENDIX 4: RESOURCES FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION IN FAROE ISLANDS
General support
Almannaverkið (the Department of Social Services)/
www.av.fo
/ Phone: 00298 360000
After-hours Medical Assistance phone 1870
Emergency Phone 112
Telephone helplines
Berin (for those that have lost someone)/
www.berin.fo
/ Phone: 00298 222993
Sinnisbati (society for prevention of psychiatric illness)/
www.sinnisbati.fo
/Phone: 00298 597913
Barnabati (child/Youth help line)/
www.barnabati.fo
/ Phone: 00298-116111.
The phone-lines are open in limited hours
For professionals
Psychiatric department/
www.sv.ls.fo
University of Faroe Islands /
www.setur.fo
Support for bereaved by suicide and affected by suicide attempt
Berin (for those that have lost someone)/
www.berin.fo
Sinnisbati (Society for Prevention of Psychiatric Illness)/
www.sinnisbati.fo
Psychiatric department/
www.sv.ls.fo
Familjudepilin (child and youth psychiatry)/
www.sv.ls.fo
Research institutions for suicide prevention
University of Faroe Islands/
www.setur.fo
Statistics on suicide
STATBANK, Hagstova, Faroe Islands
https://statbank.hagstova.fo/pxweb/en/H2/
Yearly report from the Medical Officer/
www.landslaeknin.stps.dk
Yearly report from Statistics Faroe Islands (Hagstovan)/
www.hagstova.fo
Prevention of suicide and suicide attempts in the Nordic countries
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PREFACE
1. EXCECUTIVE SUMMARY
2. INTRODUCTION
3. EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ANALYSES
3.1. SUICIDE DEATHS
3.2. SUICIDE ATTEMPTS
4. RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS
4.1. SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS
4.2. MENTAL DISORDERS AND CONDITIONS
4.3. PHYSICAL DISORDERS
4.4. STRESSFUL LIFE-EVENTS
4.5. PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS
4.6. BIOLOGICAL FACTORS
4.7. HEALTCARE CONTACTS
5. LEGISLATION
6. REGISTRATION AND MONITORING OF SUICIDE AND SUICIDE ATTEMPT
6.1. REGISTRATION OF SUICIDES
6.2. REGISTRATION OF SUICIDE ATTEMPTS
6.3. REAL-TIME DATA AND EXPANDED DATABASES
7. NATIONAL EFFORTS OF SUICIDE PREVENTION
7.1. KEY ELEMENTS OF SUICIDE PREVENTION IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES
7.2. DENMARK
7.3. FAROE ISLANDS
7.4. FINLAND
7.5. GREENLAND
7.6. ICELAND
7.7. NORWAY
7.8. SWEDEN
7.9. AALAND
8. PREVENTIVE EFFORTS AND WHO LIVE LIFE INTERVENTIVE PILLARS
8.1. MEANS RESTRICTION
8.2. MEDIA REPORTING
8.3. PROMOTION OF MENTAL WELLBEING IN YOUTH
8.4. EARLY INTERVENTION
9. SUMMARY
10. REFERENCES
APPENDIX 1: Basic country data
APPENDIX 2: Reported suicide rates for the Nordic countries, 2000–2019
APPENDIX 3: RESOURCES FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION IN DENMARK
APPENDIX 4: RESOURCES FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION IN FAROE ISLANDS
APPENDIX 5: RESOURCES FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION IN FINLAND
APPENDIX 6: RESOURCES FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION IN GREENLAND
APPENDIX 7: RESOURCES FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION IN ICELAND
APPENDIX 8: RESOURCES FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION IN NORWAY
APPENDIX 9: RESOURCES FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION IN SWEDEN
APPENDIX 10: RESOURCES FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION IN AALAND