Suicide prevention

Suicide prevention is when local organizations, mental health doctors and nurses, and psychologists try to stop people from attempting suicide. One thing to do is stop people who are about to attempt suicide. Another way to stop people from attempting suicide is to treat the symptoms of depression, help people to cope during a time of crisis, reduce the issues that put people at risk of attempting suicide, and give people hope for a better future.

Suicide is not just a medical or mental health issue. Making sure people have friends and family to help them and taking away dangerous items can also stop people from attempting suicide.^[1][2]

In the U.S., there is a National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. It was created by the Department of Health and Human Services in 2001.^[3] Suicide prevention activities include messages aimed at people and messages for everyone in the community.^[4]

1. ↑ "Maine Suicide Prevention Website". Maine.gov. Archived from the original on 2006-07-11. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
2. ↑ January 15, 2012 (2003-09-16). "Suicide prevention definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms easily defined on MedTerms". Medterms.com. Archived from the original on 2003-08-19. Retrieved 2012-01-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
3. ↑ "National Strategy for Suicide Prevention" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-27. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
4. ↑ "Suicide Prevention: at what level does it work?", Bertolote, Jose. World Psychiatry. 2004 October; 3(3): 147-151.