国产热热热精品,亚洲视频久久】日韩,三级婷婷在线久久,99人妻精品视频,精品九热人人肉肉在线,AV东京热一区二区,91po在线视频观看,久久激情宗合,青青草黄色手机视频

   

Shanghai to set up suicide hotline

By Zhang Kun (China Daily)
Updated: 2007-06-07 07:03

SHANGHAI: Social workers are planning to launch the city's first suicide hotline to help teenagers in crisis.

It is hoped it will provide a lifeline for youngsters such as the girl from Zhengzhou, Henan Province, who wrote about her suicide plans recently in a blog, repeatedly claiming she would kill herself on Saturday.

The 18-year-old, who identified herself as Xing Fangyuan, wrote on May 30: "I can only say sorry now. At midnight, surrounded by dark air, I touch my stomach, where a life is growing. How can I involve an innocent life in my situation now?

"Only a few days left. I've started to seal myself up, leaving no way out. My baby, I am a filthy mom."

While many people left messages offering help, others accused her of being cruel and irresponsible.

One message read: "What's wrong with the youth of today? They can't deal with the smallest of troubles. I had a colleague who jumped off a building yesterday, just because he was scolded by the boss. How pathetic."

Gu Chenjie, spokesperson for the Shanghai teenagers' hotline said they had come across many cases similar to Xing's. Some had dialled the 12355 hotline number and said they wanted to kill themselves.

"The week before last we received a call from a girl. Our psychologist talked with her for eight hours over two days, until she agreed to meet with the counselor together with her parents."

Gu still hopes she and her colleagues can reach Xing in time to help.

According to a survey jointly published by the Shanghai Children's Hospital and the Education Research Center, nearly 6 percent of the 2,500 primary and middle school students polled said they had considered suicide. Some 1.7 percent of them said they had tried and failed.

Most of their parents knew little or nothing about their problems, the survey said.

"I've encountered cases similar to one involving the girl in Zhengzhou; girls who are troubled by accidental pregnancies," Gu said.

"We have registered psychologists to help them, to persuade them the problem is not too serious to be solved."

Gu's colleagues have tried to contact Xing through her blog.

"She is speaking out about her trouble and calling for help. We want to listen to her and respond," Gu said.

Youngsters today are faced with various problems, Gu said. Many fell pressure relating to their studies, while others have had to deal with parental divorce.

"These problems are a reflection of China's current social problems," Gu said.

Gu and her colleagues hope to make a systematic suicidal intervention network that involves a hotline, social workers and other public institutions.

"It might involve the 120 emergency medical service and the 110 police network," Gu said.

"We have social workers for teenage problems in every district. These workers can quickly locate the person in trouble because they are familiar with communities. Then, psychologists and other social services staff can do the follow-up work."

Gu did not give a launch date for the suicidal intervention hotline.

"We already have the teenagers' hotline, 12355, which we use for counseling, crisis management and other work.

"But we have been working on suicide hotline for a long time and we want it to have a separate number."

(China Daily 06/07/2007 page5)



Top China News  
Today's Top News  
Most Commented/Read Stories in 48 Hours
武城县| 汝阳县| 儋州市| 陆川县| 奉新县| 齐齐哈尔市| 西充县| 全南县| 密云县| 绵竹市| 辽中县| 峨眉山市| 夏津县| 乌拉特中旗| 翼城县| 黄陵县| 兰溪市| 西乡县| 镇江市| 尼玛县| 榆树市| 蒲江县| 武清区| 许昌县| 丹凤县| 开原市| 天门市| 嘉黎县| 邯郸市| 德安县| 罗江县| 漾濞| 南昌县| 仁寿县| 德令哈市| 丹阳市| 宜春市| 荣昌县| 康马县| 呼图壁县| 扎兰屯市|