Jan Mokkenstorm

Jan Mokkenstorm was a Dutch psychiatrist.[1] In 2009 he created 113, a Dutch telephone suicide prevention service.[1][2][3] The service is used about 200 times every day.[4] He studied medicine in Maastricht and later got his education in psychiatry and psychotherapy at Amsterdam.[1] He was director of 113 and acting physician-director of GGZingeest where he also dealt with suicide prevention and patient safety.[1] He was an honorary member of the Dutch Association for Psychiatry (Dutch: Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychiatrie).[1] He tried to lift the taboo around talking about suicide and suicidal thoughts.[1] Vrij Nederland declared his contribution to suicide prevention in the Netherlands “radical” reforms, he was also awarded the Ven award and in 2018 he was knighted.[2] He died on 8 July 2019 aged 57.[1]

References
  1. "Psychiater Jan Mokkenstorm (57) van 113 Zelfmoordpreventie overleden". NU. 2019-07-08. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
  2. "Psychiater en 113-oprichter Jan Mokkenstorm overleden". nos.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2019-07-09.
  3. "Psychiatrist Jan Mokkenstorm (57) of 113 Suicide Prevention died | tellerreport.com". www.tellerreport.com. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
  4. Bouma, Kaya; Effting, Maud (2019-10-17). "Een wanhopig telefoontje op leven en dood". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 2019-10-17.
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