YELLOW SEPTEMBER

September is the world awareness month for suicide prevention. The campaign known as 'September Yellow' was created in Brazil in 2015 by the Center for the Valorization of Life (CVV), the Federal Council of Medicine (CFM) and the Brazilian Association of Psychiatry (ABP).



According to the Ministry of Health, Brazil has recorded 11,000 cases of suicide per year. However, even if the number of cases is high, there is still a large taboo on the subject, generated by the lack of information. Misinformation of the difficulty in identifying signals, offering and seeking help.