<p class="title">Psychology students at the Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD) are being trained to identify suicidal tendencies and provide psychological first-aid to prevent a "suicide attempt", varsity officials said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It is also a major misconception that suicide prevention is the sole responsibility of mental health professionals like clinical psychologists and psychiatrists, they said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Vice Chancellor Anu Singh Lather said the varsity's School of Human Studies has been organising many programmes to spread awareness among its students about suicidal behaviour </p>.<p class="bodytext">"The students of psychology are also being provided with professional skills required to identify the signs of suicide and provide psychological first-aid and referral in order to prevent the 'suicide attempt' or 'suicide death'," she said. </p>.<p class="bodytext">As part of the varsity's initiative, a training session was organised on October 3 for the fifth semester Psychology (H) students of the university's Karampura Campus.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The session was on being "gatekeepers" of the society (Psychological First-Aid providers) in the context of 'suicide prevention'. </p>.<p class="bodytext">This programme was jointly conducted by the School of Human Studies, AUD and Suicide Prevention Foundation of India (SPFI) Bangalore, the varsity said. </p>.<p class="bodytext">In the session spanning four hours, consisting of theory, practice and role play, the students were trained to broaden their sensitivity towards the intriguing human behaviour of suicidal tendency, it said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Students were provided awareness on as to how impulsive a decision to commit suicide can be and how just being sensitive to it can prevent such mishaps from occurring in the immediate neighbourhood, the university stated. </p>.<p class="bodytext">They were equipped to pick up the verbal, behavioural and social signs of suicidal intention, it said. </p>.<p class="bodytext">They were imparted the knowledge of provision of QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer, a technique of Psychological First-Aid) to potential suicide victims. </p>.<p class="bodytext">They were also empowered with discretion to make appropriate referrals to mental health professionals (clinical psychologist, psychiatrists or psychiatric social workers), it added.</p>
<p class="title">Psychology students at the Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD) are being trained to identify suicidal tendencies and provide psychological first-aid to prevent a "suicide attempt", varsity officials said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It is also a major misconception that suicide prevention is the sole responsibility of mental health professionals like clinical psychologists and psychiatrists, they said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Vice Chancellor Anu Singh Lather said the varsity's School of Human Studies has been organising many programmes to spread awareness among its students about suicidal behaviour </p>.<p class="bodytext">"The students of psychology are also being provided with professional skills required to identify the signs of suicide and provide psychological first-aid and referral in order to prevent the 'suicide attempt' or 'suicide death'," she said. </p>.<p class="bodytext">As part of the varsity's initiative, a training session was organised on October 3 for the fifth semester Psychology (H) students of the university's Karampura Campus.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The session was on being "gatekeepers" of the society (Psychological First-Aid providers) in the context of 'suicide prevention'. </p>.<p class="bodytext">This programme was jointly conducted by the School of Human Studies, AUD and Suicide Prevention Foundation of India (SPFI) Bangalore, the varsity said. </p>.<p class="bodytext">In the session spanning four hours, consisting of theory, practice and role play, the students were trained to broaden their sensitivity towards the intriguing human behaviour of suicidal tendency, it said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Students were provided awareness on as to how impulsive a decision to commit suicide can be and how just being sensitive to it can prevent such mishaps from occurring in the immediate neighbourhood, the university stated. </p>.<p class="bodytext">They were equipped to pick up the verbal, behavioural and social signs of suicidal intention, it said. </p>.<p class="bodytext">They were imparted the knowledge of provision of QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer, a technique of Psychological First-Aid) to potential suicide victims. </p>.<p class="bodytext">They were also empowered with discretion to make appropriate referrals to mental health professionals (clinical psychologist, psychiatrists or psychiatric social workers), it added.</p>