The Guyana Foundation will be launching the first in a series of suicide prevention training workshops to tackle the high rate of death by suicide in Guyana.
According to a press release from the organisation, the six-day workshop, which will begin on October 12, 2015, will equip a key group of volunteers with the prerequisite skills to manage “first-response mental health interventions” across the country in schools and communities. The participants will also be trained to manage