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[\u2026]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Fabian Saarloos, a clinical and health care psychologist at the German Neuroscience Center, in Dubai Healthcare City, also said more access to treatment is needed while further prevention programs need to be implemented.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAwareness that suicide is preventable should be promoted. Efforts to reduce access to lethal means and methods of self-harm should be promoted. Institutions need to be trained in the recognition and signaling, and most importantly, intervention when confronted with suicidal people, and a protocol should be set up. 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