National Suicide Prevention
Plan
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Numbers. Also visit www.metanoia.org/suicide
which
contains conversations and writings for suicidal persons to read, gay
youth suicide at www.sws.soton.ac.uk/gay-youth-suicide
and
youth: suicide at www.virtualcity.com/youthsuicide
.
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Surgeon General Announces National Plan for
Suicide Prevention
U.S. Surgeon General Satcher has just unveiled the National Plan for
Suicide Prevention. The Plan acknowledges that males are four times
more likely to die from suicide than are females. The federal
government is finally beginning to recognize the problem of suicide
among men.
Goals
- Promote Awareness that Suicide is a Public Health Problem that
is Preventable
- Develop Broad-based Support for Suicide Prevention
- Develop and Implement Strategies to Reduce the Stigma
Associated with Being a Consumer of Mental Health, Substance
Abuse, and Suicide Prevention Services
- Develop and Implement Suicide Prevention Programs
- Promote Efforts to Reduce Access to Lethal Means and Methods
of Self-Harm
- Implement Training For Recognition of At-Risk Behavior and
Delivery of Effective Treatment
- Develop and Promote Effective Clinical and Professional
Practices
- Improve Access to and Community Linkages with Mental Health
and Substance Abuse Services
- Improve Reporting and Portrayals of Suicidal Behavior, Mental
Illness, and Substance Abuse in the Entertainment and News
Media
- Promote and Support Research on Suicide and Suicide
Prevention
- Improve and Expand Surveillance Systems
If you want to contact the Surgeon General about the Plan, here is
his address: David Satcher, MD, PhD, Surgeon General, 200
Independence Ave., SW. Washington, DC 20201 The full plan can be
found at this address: www.mentalhealth.org/suicideprevention/summarytoc.htm
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