Psychiatrische Praxis
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Psychiatrische Praxis · Jan 2008
[The film festival "Ausnahme|Zustand" ("State of Emergency")--a strategy against stigmatization of the mentally ill?].
From April until November 2006, the association Irrsinnig Menschlich e. V. from Leipzig carried out the film festival "Ausnahme|zustand" about the topic Mental Illnesses all over Germany. The festival was on tour in more than 70 cities. The aim of the festival was to give the topic mental illness a podium, to inform and to entertain. ⋯ It has to be taken into consideration that documentaries about mental illness do not automatically reduce stigma, and that these kind of activities will mainly attract people who are already sensitised for this topic.
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Psychiatrische Praxis · Jan 2008
[VISCI--Viennese Instrument for Suicidality in Correctional Institutions].
The assessment and estimation of suicidal risk constitutes a serious and difficult task for any mental health professional. If we add to this the challenges that may be presented by a specific population at higher risk with little possibilities for thorough psychiatric evaluation, the task appears even more complicated. ⋯ As suicide rates in custody are higher than in the general population, and these rates have been increasing within the last 20 years, the screening of offenders newly admitted to prison for their propensity to suicide is necessary to give a better estimation of the suicide risk and hopefully to stop further increase of suicide rates in jails and prisons.