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Aasra Suicide Prevention.This blog is about getting people to talk about their innermost feelings and emotions in times of distress and despair.All discussions are about the issue of suicide, mental health and it's effect on society. Aasra Helpline for the depressed and suicidal. 91-22-27546669(24x7)
Monday, September 20, 2010
Saturday, September 18, 2010
10 Sept 2010, Mall walk- Awareness campaign by aasra volunteers
Mall Walk- Navi Mumbai
On Sept 10, 2010, Aasra volunteers undertook an unique exercise to promote suicide awareness amongst the general public. Sporting Aasra T shirts with the message Suicide Prevention is everybody's responsibility, Aasra voluntteers spent productive time in all the seven malls (Kharghar, Palm beach and Vashi Station) in Navi Mumbai.
They also distributed bookmarks and handouts on the occasion.
On Sept 10, 2010, Aasra volunteers undertook an unique exercise to promote suicide awareness amongst the general public. Sporting Aasra T shirts with the message Suicide Prevention is everybody's responsibility, Aasra voluntteers spent productive time in all the seven malls (Kharghar, Palm beach and Vashi Station) in Navi Mumbai.
They also distributed bookmarks and handouts on the occasion.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Happy 12TH Birthday AASRA
AASRA celebrated its 12th birthday today, the 13th of September 2010
As always, we volunteers met at the Assra office and had the customary candle-lighting and volunteer oath-taking ceremony.
The oath taking is a solemn event.
The volunteers renew their commitment to the cause and purpose of what Aasra stands for.
Later we all had dinner at a volunteers home.
The dinner it self was very meaningful as we listened to MR.GOENKA is talk on vippasana.
Kudos to our director for encouraging volunteer-bonding.
Friday, September 10, 2010
World Suicide Prevention Day Sept 10, 2010
World Suicide prevention Day
Message by IASP president on occasion of World Suicide Prevention Day
Each year as many as 1,000,000 people are estimated to die by suicide across the globe; many, many more make nonfatal attempts. The search for simple solutions to suicide prevention and intervention is problematic as suicide is an immensely complicated behavior, multifactorial caused and not subject to easy solution. We have so much to do and we have an imperative to mobilize supports and demobilize barriers to effectively make the difference we wish to make. We are not going to accomplish much if we apply simple solutions to complex problems. Today, Sept 10th is World Suicide Prevention Day. This is but one day in the year where we all should be as active as possible to make the road ahead just a bit easier to travel and the targets of our efforts more achievable.
Lanny Berman, Ph.D.
President of IASP
Executive Director, American Association of Suicidology
Washington, DC
Nearly 3000 people on average commit suicide daily, according to WHO. For every person who completes a suicide, 20 or more may attempt to end their lives. About one million people die by suicide each year. Suicide is a major preventable cause of premature death which is influenced by psycho-social, cultural and environmental risk factors that can be prevented through worldwide responses that address these main risk factors. There is strong evidence indicating that adequate prevention can reduce suicide rates.
World Suicide Prevention Day, which first started in 2003, is annually held on September 10 each year as an IASP initiative. WHO co-sponsors this event. World Suicide Prevention Day aims to:
• Raise awareness that suicide is preventable.
• Improve education about suicide.
• Spread information about suicide awareness.
• Decrease stigmatization regarding suicide.
WHO and IASP work with governments and other partners to ensure that suicide is no longer stigmatized, criminalized or penalized. WHO's role is to build political action and leadership to develop national responses to prevent suicide, strengthen national planning capacity to establish the core building blocks of such a national response, and build the national capacities to implement these responses.
IASP, Aasra as part of the Berienders Worldwide network and several other agencies involved in suicide intervention and post-vention activities exists to decrease these staggering numbers and to make a difference in the lives of those at risk. By networking together with national and local suicide prevention organizations, researchers, volunteers, clinicians and professionals to share knowledge, experience, and skills, we hoe to provide support and foster collaborations to prevent suicide and alleviate its effects.
We have programs that will give a positive rush to this international effort. Aasra will be holding depression awareness events like walk-thrus, mobile poster exhibitions, distribute leaflets, posters, book marks in public places like malls, railway stations and bus depots through-out the week from 10th Sept to 17th Sept. We will also be conducting training courses in depression and suicide awareness
We greatly look forward to your esteemed support and wholehearted participation in this international effort on World Suicide Prevention Day. Thank you in advance for participating in that.
Suicide can be prevented and your involvement can make a huge difference!
Best regards,
Johnson Thomas
Director(AASRA)
Mob: 9820466726
Email: johnsont307@gmail.com,aasrahelpline@yahoo.com
www.aasra.info www.befriendersindia.org www.iasp.org www.samaritans.org
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
depression related to Cholestrol levels and gender
College of Montpellier analysts indicate us how depression is related to cholestrerol levels and gender - sourced by Betty Doyle
Do you know the Institute of Medical and Health Research (INSERM) and College of Montpellier financed professionals indicated that controlling 'good' and 'bad' levels of cholesterol may help reduce emotional disorders among aging seniors?
In a freshly released issue of the academic journal Biological Psychiatry (http://www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com) released in July 2010, leading researcher Doctor. Marie-Laure Ancelin of INSERM (Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale http://www.inserm.fr) announced that gender specific regulation of cholesterol may help reduce despression symptoms in the aging seniors.
French analysts observed a significant group of men and women aged sixty-five and older for seven years.
They identified that depressive disorder in women was connected with low levels of "good" high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), which puts them at higher risk for cardiovascular disease, including stroke.
On the other hand, depressive disorder in men was associated with low levels of "bad" low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). This association was strongest in men with a hereditary vulnerability to depression related to a serotonin transporter gene.
Therefore, proper regulation of HDL-C and LDL-C levels may help reduce depression in the aging seniors, the study concluded.
The study appeared in the July 15 issue of the journal Biological Psychiatry (Reference: http://www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S0006-3223(10)00393-8/abstract).
Major dietary sources of cholesterol include dairy products, egg yolks, meat, pork, poultry, and shrimp. Plant products such as flax seeds and peanuts incorporate cholesterol-like substances called phytosterols.
Total cholesterol is defined as the sum of HDL (High-density lipoprotein), LDL (Low-density lipoprotein), and VLDL (Very-low-density lipoprotein). Usually, only the total, HDL, and triglycerides are memeasured.
Experts recommend to have cholesterol tested more frequently than five years if someone has total cholesterol of 200 mg/dL or higher, or if a man over age forty five or a woman over age 50 has HDL (good) cholesterol less than 40 mg/dL, or exist other risk components for coronary disease and stroke.
So...exactly what can you do to increase your HDL (good) and reduce your LDL (bad) levels?
1. Exercising can substantially increase HDL cholesterol while lowering LDL cholesterol.
2. Smoking cigarettes has been shown to lower HDL while raising LDL cholesterol.
3. Prepared, trans fats at the same time raise LDL cholesterol and lower HDL cholesterol.
4. Monounsaturated fats such as those found in organic olive oil and avocados increase HDL and lower LDL.
5. Fatty fish like sardines and salmon contain omega-3 fats that raise HDL and lower LDL.
6. Whole, intact grains contain dietary fiber and niacin, both of which raise HDL and may lower LDL.
Now it's all to you...
About me - Betty Doyle contributes articles for the www.depressionpills.org blog. It's a nonprofit site specialized in her personal depression journey. The blog is targeted on presenting energy and hope to anyone who is suffering from depressive disorder and encourages those people to find the energy to fight back against the effects of depression. By doing this she would like to support alleviate some of the stigma mental illness depression can cause and help the public perception of mood diseases.
http://www.depressionpills.net/Cholesterol_Levels_Linked_to_Depression_in_Elderly_004.doc
Do you know the Institute of Medical and Health Research (INSERM) and College of Montpellier financed professionals indicated that controlling 'good' and 'bad' levels of cholesterol may help reduce emotional disorders among aging seniors?
In a freshly released issue of the academic journal Biological Psychiatry (http://www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com) released in July 2010, leading researcher Doctor. Marie-Laure Ancelin of INSERM (Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale http://www.inserm.fr) announced that gender specific regulation of cholesterol may help reduce despression symptoms in the aging seniors.
French analysts observed a significant group of men and women aged sixty-five and older for seven years.
They identified that depressive disorder in women was connected with low levels of "good" high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), which puts them at higher risk for cardiovascular disease, including stroke.
On the other hand, depressive disorder in men was associated with low levels of "bad" low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). This association was strongest in men with a hereditary vulnerability to depression related to a serotonin transporter gene.
Therefore, proper regulation of HDL-C and LDL-C levels may help reduce depression in the aging seniors, the study concluded.
The study appeared in the July 15 issue of the journal Biological Psychiatry (Reference: http://www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S0006-3223(10)00393-8/abstract).
Major dietary sources of cholesterol include dairy products, egg yolks, meat, pork, poultry, and shrimp. Plant products such as flax seeds and peanuts incorporate cholesterol-like substances called phytosterols.
Total cholesterol is defined as the sum of HDL (High-density lipoprotein), LDL (Low-density lipoprotein), and VLDL (Very-low-density lipoprotein). Usually, only the total, HDL, and triglycerides are memeasured.
Experts recommend to have cholesterol tested more frequently than five years if someone has total cholesterol of 200 mg/dL or higher, or if a man over age forty five or a woman over age 50 has HDL (good) cholesterol less than 40 mg/dL, or exist other risk components for coronary disease and stroke.
So...exactly what can you do to increase your HDL (good) and reduce your LDL (bad) levels?
1. Exercising can substantially increase HDL cholesterol while lowering LDL cholesterol.
2. Smoking cigarettes has been shown to lower HDL while raising LDL cholesterol.
3. Prepared, trans fats at the same time raise LDL cholesterol and lower HDL cholesterol.
4. Monounsaturated fats such as those found in organic olive oil and avocados increase HDL and lower LDL.
5. Fatty fish like sardines and salmon contain omega-3 fats that raise HDL and lower LDL.
6. Whole, intact grains contain dietary fiber and niacin, both of which raise HDL and may lower LDL.
Now it's all to you...
About me - Betty Doyle contributes articles for the www.depressionpills.org blog. It's a nonprofit site specialized in her personal depression journey. The blog is targeted on presenting energy and hope to anyone who is suffering from depressive disorder and encourages those people to find the energy to fight back against the effects of depression. By doing this she would like to support alleviate some of the stigma mental illness depression can cause and help the public perception of mood diseases.
http://www.depressionpills.net/Cholesterol_Levels_Linked_to_Depression_in_Elderly_004.doc
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