Rising Suicides and Attempted Suicides Among Youth in Italy and Lombardy: Calls for Prevention and Support

Suicides and attempted suicides have increased in Italy and Lombardy. Given the increase in requests for help from young and very young people, the regional councilor of the 5 Star Movement, Paola Pizzighini invites the Lombardy Region to work on prevention and listening to support the most fragile subjects.

Today, Thursday 2 November, it took place in the Lombardy Region the Health Commission during which it was heard, as requested by the 5 Star Movementthe president of Telefono Amico Italia Monica Petra. The invitation is a consequence of the alarm raised in September when the association explained that they were suicides and attempted suicides among young and very young people have increased.

The regional councilor of the 5 Star Movement Paola Pizzighini explained that in the first six months of 2023 there are There were 3,700 requests for help. These therefore increased by 37 percent compared to the same period in 2022: “In 2022, Telefono Amico Italia received a total of 6 thousand calls for help, 29 percent of which were from under 26s. Youth distress is tangible and worrying, it is necessary monitor this phenomenon carefully.”

The exponent explained how requests for help for existential and relational difficulties are increasing: “To limit the phenomenon it is essential to act on prevention and take care of the most fragile subjects as the Telefono Amico association does”. And precisely for this reason, we hope that through the words of Dr. Petra, the Lombardy Region “will once again understand the hardships of people who are experiencing moments of great difficulty”.

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It is therefore essential that we work on prevention and listening activities. To do this, therefore, he proposes that the Region collaborate “with Telefono Amico Italia, above all with an eye to the hardship experienced by young people, through concrete initiatives and patronage, even onerous, for initiatives useful to raise awareness among the Lombard population on the issue”.

2023-11-02 17:14:08
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