Through the strategy: Give Me Reasons, the Ministry of Health of the city of Medellín seeks to promote mental health and prevent suicidal behavior in the community of the capital of Antioquia through different components that impact various environments such as education, family , labor and community. This strategy also includes training in Psychological First Aid (PAPs) and the activation route of the Golden Code, as well as the dissemination of resources such as the Friendly Line and active listeners in the city. The Ministry of Health of Medellín, through Institutional Well-being, with the support of the health and human development coordination, certified the first Life Guardians in Psychological First Aid of the María Cano University Foundation, where collaborators, students and graduates participated.

The work is focused on raising awareness about the importance of supporting people who have recently suffered a serious critical event and who are distressed and who are willing to receive support, people whose emotional disturbance does not allow them to take care of themselves or those who depend on them and people at risk of a hetero behavioral response
or autolytic (any behavior that causes immediate mild or moderate destruction of the body surface, causing bleeding, bruising, or pain).

The objectives of the work carried out with the university community is to improve immediate, continuous safety and provide physical and emotional relief, calm and guide people who are emotionally overwhelmed or disoriented, identify immediate needs and concerns by gathering additional information and adapting interventions. psychological first aid, offer practical help to people in crisis and address their immediate needs or concerns, help establish short-term or long-term contacts with primary support persons or other sources of support, and promote information about stress reactions and managing adversities to reduce distress and promote adaptive functioning.

Once again, María Cano joins the health authorities to accompany the community in moments of greatest vulnerability, while preparing members of the university community to support members of society in moments that require greater accompaniment. and orientation.

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