Through the Eyes of a Clinical Psychologist
Guided Tour of the Exhibition “Suicide – Hungary 1956–1986” by Prof. Dr. Dóra Perczel-Forintos
Prof. Dr. Dóra Perczel-Forintos (Semmelweis University), clinical psychologist, psychotherapist will give a guided tour in the exhibition “Suicide – Hungary 1956–1986”.
The exhibition is based on the photo archive of the Crime Scene Investigation Unit of the Budapest Police Headquarters and includes a selection of pictures taken at suicide scenes.
For three decades, between the mid-1950s and the 1980s, suicide rate in Hungary—the „happiest barracks in the East”—was the highest in the world. Why does a person decide to end his or her life? Why did one in every 2.000 persons decide to do it in Hungary? Where does the Archives take to courage from in addressing these issues, showing these photographs in public?
Prof. Dr. Dóra Perczel-Forintos will present the trends and statistics of the post-1986 period and invite participants to an interactive discussion and reflection on the possibilities of prevention: what can we do at the individual and societal level?
The program will be in English.