Lifting the Burden of Hopelessness
"We want to intervene well before someone needs professional help, so we have moved away from a medical approach to a bio-psycho-social approach. Suicide is not only a medical problem, it’s a public health problem."
To advance wellness, the Hong Kong Jockey Club Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention has developed and tested a number of programmes that meet different kinds of needs.
Professor Paul Yip is the principal investigator of Open Up – a 24 hour online emotional support project, a community based suicide prevention project for the Wong Tai Sin District, poverty alleviation programs, and the Quality Thematic Network on developing mental wellness for schools in Hong Kong.
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