02 May 2024, Berlin: In the offices of the Berlin Crisis Service in Lichtenberg, a contact point for people in difficult life situations, participants in a counseling session shake hands (scene). In order to prevent suicides more effectively, contact points and counseling services are to be expanded. This is the aim of a prevention strategy presented by Federal Health Minister Lauterbach on Thursday. The SPD politician said in Berlin that the number of suicides has not decreased for a good 20 years, with around 10,000 people affected each year. Photo: Jens Kalaene/dpa