The impact of suicide

27/05/2019

BRUSSELS - As a child, journalist Brecht Castel lost his father after suicide. Twenty years later he is left with questions. Questions that not only concern himself, because in Flanders an average of three people get out of life every day.

The number of relatives is therefore enormous and the impact of suicide on our society just as much. Brecht starts from his personal family history and sheds a new light on this social problem.

Photo: © Anneleen van Kuyck

Supported

€ 4.600 allocated on 15/11/2018

ID:

FPD/2018/1534

Themes

Healthcare

Publication

PODCAST

Verder na zelfdoding. 'Het schuldgevoel maakt het zoveel lastiger', De Standaard, 28/05/2019
Kerekewere, De Standaard, vanaf 7/08/2020
#1. Voor Yvo was Bart meer dan een computervriend, De Standaard, 07/08/2020
#2. Bart en Ria in therapie bij Dirk De Wachter, De Standaard
#3. Bené ziet gelijkenissen met haar broer Bart, De Standaard
#4. Ria: ‘Hij kon er niet aan doen, hé’, De Standaard

ONLINE

‘Het is beter om dat putteke niet gesloten te houden', De Standaard, 07/08/2020

COUNTRY

Belgium

Team members

Brecht Castel

Brecht Castel is a Belgian journalist and fact-checker for Knack.

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