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Everyone can help prevent suicide by learning the warning signs, promoting prevention and resilience, and committing to social change. CDC's Suicide Prevention Resource for Action highlights strategies based on the best available evidence to help states and communities prevent suicide.
- Facts About Suicide
Suicide rates increased approximately 36% between 2000–2022....
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View the 2024 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. CDC...
- Facts About Suicide
1. Remove the stigma. The first thing we can all do to help prevent suicide is talk about it. No person in a suicidal state or struggling with any mental health issue should have to feel...
Prevention of suicide: guidelines for the formulation and implementation of national strategies. The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) include target 3.4 to address NCDs and mental health with an indicator to reduce suicide by a third by 2030. The World Health Assembly adopted the first-ever WHO Mental Health Action Plan in 2013.
Better ways to prevent suicide. In the first of a series, we look at how psychologists in a variety of settings are building on one another’s work to address today’s most challenging issues. Here is how they are working together to advance the field of suicide prevention. By Kirsten Weir.
Much can be done at individual, community and national levels to prevent suicide and suicide attempts. WHO’s LIVE LIFE approach recommends four effective, evidence-based key interventions which should be included in every national response to suicide:
Frequently Asked Questions About Suicide: This brochure provides information about suicide including risk factors, symptoms and warning signs, treatment options and therapies, how to find help for yourself or others, and research about suicide and suicide prevention.
The best way to prevent suicide is to recognize these warning signs and know how to respond if you spot them. If you believe that a friend or family member is suicidal, you can play a role in suicide prevention by pointing out the alternatives, showing that you care, and getting a doctor or psychologist involved.
