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CVV enables esports team to help gamers at risk of depression
The program allows players (professionals and casual players) to notice signs in those who need help.
In September the campaign “Yellow September”to raise awareness about suicide prevention. And the Center for the Improvement of Life (CVV) launched a campaign Life Gamers in partnership with several teams sports Brazilian… This program allows players (professionals and casual players) to notice signs in a person who needs help.
In a World Health Organization (WHO) report among young people aged 15-24: the second leading cause of death is suicide, second only to car accidents. And during the Covid-19 pandemic, terms related to suffering, anxiety and depression in 2020, the number of searches on Google increased by 98%.… According to Fundação Lemman / Itaú Social, about 77% of students show signs of sadness, anxiety, and emotional overload.
As part of the Life Gamers project, players were taught to notice signs that friends or gambling partners might give in a risky situation. Brazil has several important teams participating in various gaming tournaments such as CS, LoL, PES, Free Fire, Valorant and Rainbow Six, which attract thousands of fans to subscribe to. Several major teams from the Brazilian esports scene took part in the training, such as Team one, Corinthians eSports, São Paulo FC eSports and Athlético-PR.
Partnership with the New Life Gamers project
In September of this year, the project closed two major training partnerships, this is Free Fire da Fúria, a world famous and one of the main teams of Brazil and the São Paulo Football Federation. which will provide training for 48 teams belonging to the largest Brazilian league PES.
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The Life Gamers project offers several life training and lectures with psychologists and experts in the field, and offers online learning content such as the booklet “Talk openly about suicide“. The project also develops video using the language of gamers to reach the widest possible audience… The Life Gamers project is co-authored by Leo Burnett Tailor Made.
Speaking, Carlos Correia, CVV Volunteer, emphasizes:
We believe this is an effective way to speak to a more closed audience for conversations about mental health. A young man is talking to a young man, and almost all of them are playing online. It is imperative that they know how to help, learn to listen without judgment, and then encourage them to seek CVV or professional support.
O Center for the Improvement of Life (CVV), is a non-profit civil society organization that supports emotional and suicide prevention, voluntary and free assistance all people who want and need to communicate in complete secrecy by phone, email and chat 24 hours a day.
If you need help, go to: https://www.cvv.org.br/ Where call toll-free number 188.
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