{"id":134543,"date":"2025-04-16T19:34:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T16:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/134543\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"minsk-had-highest-level-of-suicide-in-2024-national-mental-health-center","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/134543\/","title":{"rendered":"Minsk had highest level of suicide in 2024 \u2013 National Mental Health Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>April 16, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Minsk had the highest suicide level in Belarus in 2024 with 9,200 cases per 100,000 population, said Aksana \u0160y\u0142ava, deputy director of the National Mental Health Center (RNPC), citing operational information from health care institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0160y\u0142ava told an international medical forum in the Belarusian capital that the lowest level of suicide was registered in the Minsk region (5,02).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, the country demonstrated a downward trend in terms of suicide, the psychiatrist said. Thirty years ago, the level was several times higher, she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, she acknowledged an increase in parasuicide (deliberate self-harm without aiming to die; a show suicide attempt), which grew by 5.8 percent among teenagers in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/lager_dlia_bezhentsev_pabrade_sogg-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/lager_dlia_bezhentsev_pabrade_sogg-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/lager_dlia_bezhentsev_pabrade_sogg-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/lager_dlia_bezhentsev_pabrade_sogg-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/lager_dlia_bezhentsev_pabrade_sogg-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/lager_dlia_bezhentsev_pabrade_sogg.jpg 870w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430, \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">BySol head says propaganda film could have pushed exiled regime critic to commit suicide<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 19, Pozirk. Belarusian national Stanis\u0142a\u016d Brykin committed suicide at a detention center for asylum seekers in Lithuanian Pabrad\u0117 two weeks ago, Andrej Stry\u017eak of the BySol Solidarity Foundation has said on Telegram. In 2020, Brykin participated in the postelection &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/130640\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 16, Pozirk. Minsk had the highest suicide level in Belarus in 2024 with 9,200 cases per 100,000 population, said Aksana \u0160y\u0142ava, deputy director of the National Mental Health Center (RNPC), citing operational information from health care institutions. \u0160y\u0142ava told an international medical forum in the Belarusian capital that the lowest level of suicide was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[13],"class_list":["post-134543","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Minsk had highest level of suicide in 2024 \u2013 National Mental Health Center | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"April 16, Pozirk. 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