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Preventing suicide: A resource for media professionals. Update 2023
There is evidence that media reports about suicide can enhance or weaken suicide prevention efforts. Widely disseminated stories of death by suicide are often followed by more suicides in the population, while stories of overcoming a suicidal crisis can lead to fewer suicides. Media professionals are encouraged to focus on presenting stories of people who […]
A veteran’s guide to discussing STORES: Secure storage to reduce risk (Brief version)
About This Guide (Brief Version) What will I learn from this guide? The brief version contains the essential information for Veterans to understand how to identify when a fellow Veteran may be at risk for suicide. You will learn the basics of how to talk with someone about making the environment safer to prevent suicide. […]
Substance abuse treatment: Group therapy
This guide helps counselors improve their skills in leading group therapy sessions for substance use treatment. The guide discusses types of group therapy, confidentiality, client placement, group development, stages of treatment, how-to tips, training, and supervision.
Toward an Alberta model of wellness: Recommendations from the Alberta Mental Health and Addictions Advisory Council
Outlines the recommendations of the Alberta Mental Health and Addictions Advisory Council, which was appointed in November 2019 to provide recommendations to improve access to recovery-oriented care and better support Albertans who need help to get on their path to recovery.
Mental health action plan for the WHO South-East Asia region 2023-2030
Member States of the Reg: ion have initiated processes to strengthen leadership and governance for mental health. Several countries have developed and implemented mental health plans, strategies and legislations. Direct spending on mental health needs to be increased throughout the Region through the health sector as well as other relevant sectors.
The state of state, territorial, and tribal suicide prevention: Findings from key informant interviews and qualitative web-based survey questions
Given the rise in suicide rates between 1999 and 2016, 33 CDC sought to conduct an environmental scan of suicide prevention infrastructure and activities across states, territories, and tribes in order to better understand the strengths and opportunities for improvement. This report presents an overview of the suicide prevention landscape across multiple domains, depicts a […]
Rural mental health: Fourth report of session 2022-23
In this report, Chapter 2 first sets the terms of debate and then explores what the available data and other information can reveal about the incidence, prevalence and risks of poor mental health in England’s rural communities, including a focus on farming and agriculture. Chapter 3 then examines the rates and risks of suicide in […]
Screening for depression, anxiety, and suicide risk in adults: A systematic evidence review for the U.S Preventative Services Task Force
Objective: To review the benefits and harms of screening and treatment for depression, anxiety, and suicide risk, and the accuracy of instruments to detect these conditions among primary care patients. Data Sources: MEDLINE, PsychINFO, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews through September 9, 2022, bridging from prior […]
Suicide and homicide death rates among youth and young adults aged 10-24: United States, 2001-2021
Deaths due to suicide and homicide, often referred to collectively as violent deaths, have been a leading cause of premature death to people aged 10–24 in the United States (1–3). A previous version of this report with data through 2017 showed that suicide and homicide rates for people aged 10–24 were trending upward (4). This […]
Domestic abuse links to suicide: Rapid review, fieldwork, and quantitative analysis report
The UK police received, on average, over 100 domestic abuse-related calls an hour in 2014/15, which represents 10% of all recorded crime (HMIC, 2015). To date, very little systematic data have been gathered on the relationship between domestic abuse and victim suicide in the UK. In one of the first projects of its kind, the […]
2022 National Veteran Suicide Prevention annual report
The 2022 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report analyzes Veteran suicide data from 2001-2020. Containing the most comprehensive set of data about Veteran suicide mortality to date, the report is the first to evaluate Veteran suicide during the initial period of the COVID-19 pandemic. Key report findings In 2020, there were 6,146 Veteran suicide deaths, which was […]
Suicidal thoughts and behaviors among high school students: Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2021
Suicide is the third leading cause of death among high school-aged youths aged 14–18 years. The 2021 suicide rate for this age group was 9.0 per 100,000 population. Updating a previous analysis of the Youth Risk Behavior Survey during 2009–2019, this report uses 2019 and 2021 data to examine high school students’ reports of suicidal […]
Suicide mortality in the United States, 2001-2021
In 2021, suicide was the 11th leading cause of death in the United States, changing from the 10th leading cause in 2019 and the 12th leading cause in 2020 (1). As the second leading cause of death in people aged 10–34 and the fifth in people aged 35–54, suicide contributes to premature mortality (1). After […]
Preventing suicide in the U.S. Military: Recommendations from the Suicide Prevention and Response Independent Review Committee
The Department of Defense has taken note of the SPRIRC’s work and will use it to enhance their current approach in three key priority areas. These areas include fostering quality of life, building healthy climates and cultures, addressing stigma as a barrier to help-seeking, and promoting a culture of lethal means safety. The SPRIRC report […]
Our epidemic of loneliness and isolation 2023: The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on the healing effects of social connection and community
Introduction: Why Social Connection Matters Our relationships and interactions with family, friends, colleagues, and neighbors are just some of what create social connection. Our connection with others and our community is also informed by our neighborhoods, digital environments, schools, and workplaces. Social connection—the structure, function, and quality of our relationships with others—is a critical and […]
Health, United States, 2020–2021: Annual perspective
The Health, United States program provides a wide array of trends in health statistics to policymakers, public health professionals, and the public. As part of the program’s legislative mandate, Health, United States is charged with presenting a comprehensive set of health topics, and examining trends in health status and determinants, healthcare utilization, healthcare resources, and […]
Witnessing community violence, gun carrying, and associations with substance use and suicide risk among high school students: Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2021
Community violence, including homicides involving firearms, is a significant public health concern. From 2019 to 2020, firearm-related homicides increased by 39% for youths and young adults aged 10–24 years, and rates of suicide by firearm increased by approximately 15% among the same age group. Findings from the nationally representative 2021 Youth Risk Behavior Survey were […]
Emergency department visits involving mental health conditions, suicide-related behaviors, and drug overdoses among adolescents: United States, January 2019-February 2023
What is already known about this topic? High baseline rates of poor adolescent mental and behavioral health were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. What is added by this report? By fall 2022, weekly ED visits among adolescents, and females in particular, for mental health conditions overall, suicide-related behaviors, and drug overdoses decreased compared with those […]
Preventing suicide: How to start a survivors’ group
Self-help support groups are groups made up of people who are directly and personally affected by a particular issue, condition or concern. They are run by their members, which means that those directly affected by the issue are the ones who control the activities and the priorities of their group. While many self help groups […]
Social connections among persons with and without mental health-related disabilities, 2020
Persons with mental health-related disabilities were less likely than those without mental health-related disabilities to have three or more close friends and relatives. Those with mental health-related disabilities were also less likely to have ten or more local contacts. Level of satisfaction with contact with friends and with relatives was lower for persons with mental […]
Monitoring mental health and suicide prevention reform: National Report 2022—Reflections on a journey of change
This Report is a collection of stories provided through an experience-informed lens. It assists the Commission to understand the impact of change and reform, linking the experience of the past 10 years with our Vision for the mental health and suicide prevention systems over the next 10 years. We asked participants three key questions to […]
Doing what works: Rethinking the Federal Framework for Suicide Prevention. Report of the STanding Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology
Ten years have passed since the idea of a federal framework for suicide prevention was realized through the adoption of the Federal Framework for Suicide Prevention Act. This Act required the Government of Canada to develop such a framework—an obligation that was fulfilled in 2016 with the release of the Federal Framework for Suicide Prevention […]
Suicide prevention in the community: Connecting, communicating, caring. A practical guide
This guide aims to offer practical, evidence-based guidance to help and encourage communities who want to get involved in suicide prevention by building their understanding, knowledge and skills. It promotes consistent and safe messages and provides information on how to respond to suicide in a balanced and sensitive way. Informed by experiences and knowledge built up […]
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