Suicide Prevention
Material on suicide prevention
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Reports
Action plan to reduce the number of suicides in Iceland. Published 2018. (Icelandic)
Suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts among Icelandic youth. Published 2018 (Icelandic)
Guidelines
Sudden Death. Plan for workplaces. Published 2022 (Icelandic)
After death. Good advice for family members. Published 2025 (Icelandic)
Loss of relatives in suicides. Self-help manual for relatives. Published 2023. (Icelandic)
Finding the words: How to support someone bereaved and affected by suicide. Published 2023. (Icelandic)
Jak się częsz? (Polish)
Checklist - Safety in psychiatric wards, treatment, and residential facilities for individuals assessed as dangerous to themselves and others. Published 2023. (Icelandic)
Criteria for reducing stigmatising discussion of mental health issues in the media (Icelandic)
Sjálfsvíg.is Support for those who have suicidal thoughts, relatives, and survivors of suicide (Icelandic)
Suicide Prevention: Recommendations for the media - handbook. Published 2025 (Icelandic)
Suicide Prevention: Recommendations for the media - poster. Published 2025 (Icelandic)
Suicide Prevention: Recommendations for the media - postcard. Published 2025 (Icelandic)
Video
How do you feel? - video
Media
Strengthening suicide prevention with Lífsbrú . RÚV. January 24, 2024 (Icelandic)
Is everything in yellow? Bylgjan. August 30, 2024 (Icelandic)
Isn't everything in yellow? Willum Þór Þórsson. Vísir. September 1, 2024 (Icelandic)
Is everything in yellow at your school? Snæfríður Jóhannesdóttir. September 1, 2024 (Icelandic)
The Yellow September Year of Action Initiative: "There is help to be found everywhere." RÚV. September 1, 2024 (Icelandic)
World Suicide Prevention Day. Alma D. Möller. Vísir. September 10, 2024 (Icelandic)
"It is so important to feel that you are not alone ." RÚV. September 10, 2024 (Icelandic)
Is everything in yellow? RÚV. September 1, 2023 (Icelandic)
Suicide and the media. Guðrún Jóna Guðlaugsdóttir. Vísir. September 6, 2023
Peer support was a key factor in the grieving process. RÚV. September 7, 2023 (Icelandic)
Yellow September - World Suicide Prevention Day. Alma D. Möller. Vísir. September 10, 2023 (Icelandic)
It is important to prevent suicide if people know where to turn. RÚV. September 10, 2023 (Icelandic)
The importance of mental health and the effects of drugs on our well-being. Bergþóra Kristín Ingvarsdóttir. Vísir. September 20, 2023 (Icelandic)
What if it's not "all in yellow"? Liv Anna Gunnell. Vísir. October 4, 2023 (Icelandic)
Support following a suicide. Wilhelm Norðfjörð and Guðrún Jóna Guðlaugsdóttir. Morgunblaðið 9 September 2021. (Icelandic)
International collaboration
Service provider
Directorate of Health