Youth Suicide Prevention Panel

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About this Event

Please join our panel discussion on Youth Suicide Prevention, where our panel will discuss youth suicide in Hong Kong and what we can do to address this issue and support our young people. Our panel will provide both a professional and personal experience perspectives on youth suicide.

Date: Thursday, February 25th

Time: 6:30-7:30pm

Venue: ZOOM

Language: English

Cost: Free

Speakers:

  • Dr. Timothy Woo, Adolescent Counselor and KELY Support Group Board Member
  • Odile Thiang, Mind HK Clinical Advisor (Moderator)
  • Elisabeth Wong, Mind HK Clinical Advisor and Specialist in Psychiatry
  • Ann Pearce, Founder, The Weez Project

This event is hosted by Coolminds, Mind HK and KELY Support Group’s youth mental health, and is part of The Weez Project’s Weez Week.

The Weez Project, a community group promoting youth suicide prevention, will be hosting Weez Week 2021 the week of February 22, 2021, with its youth suicide awareness and anti-stigma campaign, “Talk, Listen and Care about Suicide.” It aims to encourage people to open up to talking about suicide in order to help young people experiencing difficult emotions, and prevent suicide.

The Weez Project

The Weez Project was set up in 2017 in memory of Jamie Bruno, who tragically took his own life aged just fifteen.

Its vision is for there to be zero youth suicides in Hong Kong. It aims to encourage young people to seek help for themselves and for others, and to help educate teachers and parents know more about mental health issues. It furthers these aims through collaboration with expert mental health charities, Mind HK and KELY Support Group – to raise awareness and reduce the stigma attached to suicide and mental health.

Coolminds

Coolminds, a joint initiative between Mind HK and KELY Support Group, works to improve the mental health of young people in Hong Kong through training, information sharing, online resources, destigmatisation, as well as providing support for the adults around them.

For more information on Coolminds, please visit: www.coolmindshk.com