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Multiple suicide cases in the new school year The Education Bureau sends a letter to the school to remind students to prevent imitation of their emotions

2021-10-27T14:15:01.337Z


Since the start of school in September, there have been many suicides among school children in the new school year, sounding the alarm for the society. The Education Bureau sent a letter to all schools in Hong Kong stating that a case occurred on campus, which had a greater impact on teachers and students in the school. Bureau reminded


Since the start of school in September, there have been many suicides among school children in the new school year, sounding the alarm for the society.

The Education Bureau sent a letter to all schools in Hong Kong stating that a case occurred on campus, which had a greater impact on teachers and students in the school.

The bureau reminded teachers to take care of students’ emotional reactions, and also concerned about whether individual students would imitate unconsciously, strengthen prevention work, and try their best to prevent the recurrence of student suicides.


Encourage teachers to identify risk factors and common suicide warning signs

The Education Bureau quoted the "Student Suicide Prevention Committee" in the letter, stating that students' suicidal behavior is caused by a number of factors that influence each other, including mental health problems, psychological factors, family relationship and adjustment problems, peer relationship problems, and school adjustment problems And academic pressure.

International studies have shown that most suicide cases have auras. It is hoped that school staff will pay more attention to the risk factors for suicidal behavior of students and common suicide warning signs, such as significant changes in mood/behavior, expressing thoughts of death or suicide between speeches, etc.

The bureau also reminded schools to review and remind faculty and staff to follow the school’s mechanism as soon as possible, so that the head teacher, the guidance team and the student support team can identify high-risk students, groups or levels as soon as possible, and refer professionals for support and guidance.

According to the Education Bureau, schools are encouraged to use their time to arrange appropriate activities (such as sports, music or art, etc.) to promote the whole-person development of students, establish positive values, and help them relax their minds and bodies and relieve stress; they have been vaccinated Of students can also participate in non-academic activities (such as interest classes, individual or group tutoring, etc.) in the other half of the day.

Schools should support the emotions of students in need as usual, including individual or group counselling.

Relevant professionals (such as school social workers and school-based educational psychologists) can make good use of different methods (such as video dialogue) to provide appropriate support.

Promote the promotion of positive messages and organize mental health activities

The recent incidents are indeed worrisome. The bureau hopes that schools will further strengthen their mental health work. In addition to promoting positive messages through morning meetings, weekly meetings, class teacher classes, etc., schools should organize appropriate mental health activities to encourage students to Positive attitude to deal with pressure and difficulties, and proactively ask for help.

Strengthen the role of "gatekeeper"

The bureau also pointed out that teachers are the "key people" to identify and help high-risk students. Teachers should be more vigilant in recognizing students' suicide warning signals, so that the teacher team can effectively build a safety net and be a "gatekeeper" for students.

In addition, schools should remind students that they should immediately seek help from teachers or school social workers if they find emotional distress and suicide warnings in their peers.

Source: hk1

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