New Strategy Plan for Suicide Prevention Announced

The Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention and the U.S. surgeon general on September 10 issued an updated National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. The strategy seeks to lessen the stigma that deters discussion of suicide and interventions to prevent it; promote the integration of general and mental health care; enhance clinical and community preventive services; promote the availability of timely treatment and support services; and improve suicide-prevention surveillance collection and research.

Research is a major component of the new strategy, said Thomas Insel, M.D., director of the National Institute of Mental Health. “This is...

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Published By: Psychiatric News - Wednesday, 12 September

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