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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 […]
Self-perceived mental health and mental health care needs during the COVID-19 pandemic
Throughout the pandemic, various public health measures have been implemented across the country, impacting employment, schooling, family relationships and leisure. For some individuals, these measures, in combination with fears associated with the risks stemming from COVID-19, have contributed to feelings of greater stress, anxiety and loneliness, which in turn, may have an impact on overall […]
Surveillance for violent deaths: National Violent Death Reporting System, 48 states, the District of Colombia, and Puerto Rico, 2020
Problem/Condition: In 2020, approximately 71,000 persons died of violence-related injuries in the United States. This report summarizes data from CDC’s National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) on violent deaths that occurred in 48 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico in 2020. Results are reported by sex, age group, race and ethnicity, method of injury, […]
Emergency department visits for suspected suicide attempts among persons aged 12-25 years before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: United States, January 2019-May 2021
During 2020, the proportion of mental health–related emergency department (ED) visits among adolescents aged 12–17 years increased 31% compared with that during 2019. In May 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, ED visits for suspected suicide attempts began to increase among adolescents aged 12–17 years, especially girls. During February 21–March 20, 2021, suspected suicide attempt ED […]
Social media and youth mental health: The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory
This Advisory describes the current evidence on the impacts of social media on the mental health of children and adolescents. It states that we cannot conclude social media is sufficiently safe for children and adolescents and outlines immediate steps we can take to mitigate the risk of harm to children and adolescents.
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 […]
Pathway to injury prevention: Review part 2
On March 13, 2023, the Manager of Provincial Injury Prevention (PIP) asked members of the Injury Prevention Coordinating Committee (IPCC) to review the March 2023 draft of the Pathway to Injury Prevention (Pathway) and answer seven review questions. Integrated into the March draft was feedback that was provided by Alberta Health Services (AHS) zone and […]
Pathway to injury prevention: Review part 1
On January 9, 2023, Provincial Injury Prevention (PIP) asked members of the Suicide Prevention, Domestic Violence Prevention, and Unintentional Injury Prevention Direction Setting Committees, and staff from 16 Alberta Health Services’ zone and provincial teams1 to review the Pathway to Injury Prevention (Pathway). PIP asked these groups to review the December 2022 draft version of […]
Pathway to injury prevention
The Pathway to Injury Prevention (Pathway) was developed to provide direction and guidance to Alberta Health Services (AHS) Provincial Injury Prevention (PIP) team, AHS Zones, other provincial AHS teams, and Alberta-wide partners with a vested interest in injury prevention. The Pathway is upstream and equity-centered and uses a population health approach. The Pathway framework addresses […]
Suspected suicide attempts by self-poisoning among persons aged 10-19 years during the COVID-19 pandemic: United States, 2020-2022
Summary What is already known about this topic? In 2020, suicide was the second leading cause of death among persons aged 10–14 years and the third leading cause among those aged 15–24 years. What is added by this report? Analysis of National Poison Data System data found that the rate of suspected suicide attempts by […]
Fifth Independent Review Committee on non-natural deaths in custody: April 1st, 2017 to March 31st, 2019
There is a significant history surrounding non-natural deaths in Correctional Service Canada (CSC) institutions and CSC’s responses to the recommendations of investigations into the circumstances of these deaths. The Correctional Investigator in his 2005-06 Annual Report raised concerns regarding the timely completion of meaningful investigation reports and action plans developed by CSC to address the […]
Care, community, action: A mental health plan for New York City
New York City is facing a mental health crisis. It is time for a comprehensive mental health plan for NYC to alleviate and prevent emotional suffering, and to save lives. The City’s new, comprehensive plan for NYC’s mental health focuses on three groups of New Yorkers, for which we see the greatest need: Children, youth […]
SUPRA handbook: An experience-based guidance document for implementing a national suicide prevention program
This handbook summarises the experience gathered in Austria between 2012 and 2022 with implementing the national suicide prevention programme SUPRA. Its aim is to provide guidance to other countries, partners of the Joint Action ImpleMENTAL work package 6, for developing or scaling up a suicide prevention strategy at national/regional level. It introduces the WHO-framework (based […]
White House report on mental health research priorities
The enclosed report expands on the following priority areas and outlines critical research gaps and opportunities in each priority area. Cross-cutting research priorities 1. Advancing equity in promoting mental health and in understanding, preventing, identifying, and treating mental health conditions 2. Understanding and leveraging digital mental health interventions 3. Supporting and expanding the mental health […]
An overview of Indigenous mental health and suicide prevention in Australia
Indigenous Australians have a holistic conceptualisation of health, mental health and wellbeing, outlined by the social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB) framework. SEWB is affected by multiple, interconnected elements over the life course. Mental health and suicide prevention programs that are framed using SEWB recognise that emotional wellbeing is comprised of a balance between 7 domains […]
Medical assistance in dying in Canada: Choices for Canadians (Report of the Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying)
Access for MAID MD-SUMC was to be permitted as of March 2023. Applying for MAID MD-SUMC would also be under track two. As mentioned above, the committee released an interim report on mental disorder in June 2022 that discusses issues related to MAID MD-SUMC. The committee heard concerns that more time was needed to make […]
Youth risk behavior survey: Data summary & trends report 2011-2021
The Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data Summary & Trends Report: 2011–2021 provides the most recent surveillance data, as well as 10-year trends, on health behaviors and experiences among high school students in the United States (U.S.) related to adolescent health and well-being. These include sexual behaviors, substance use, suicidal thoughts and behaviors, experiences such as […]
Self-harm: Assessment, management and preventing recurrence
This guideline covers assessment, management and preventing recurrence for children, young people and adults who have self-harmed. It includes those with a mental health problem, neurodevelopmental disorder or learning disability and applies to all sectors that work with people who have self-harmed. In this guideline, self-harm is defined as intentional self-poisoning or injury, irrespective of […]
Sex differences in suicide mortality in Newfoundland and Labrador: An observational study with medical examiner data from 1997 to 2016
Background Globally, the suicide rate is two times higher for males than for females. Previous studies in Newfoundland and Labrador did not examine age-specific rates by sex. The objectives of this study were to determine suicide rates by sex and age group and to compare the demographic and clinical characteristics of males and females who […]
Mortality among First Nations people, 2006 to 2016
Background First Nations people were reported to have a shorter life expectancy and were more likely than their non-Indigenous counterparts to die prematurely from avoidable causes. Methods Using the 2006 Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort (CanCHEC), the number and rates of deaths for a 10-year follow-up period for on- and off reserve First Nations […]
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