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National Strategy for Suicide Prevention: Goals and Objectives for Action

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National Library of Medicine Cataloging in Publication

2001

U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
Public Health Service
Rockville, MD

National Library of Medicine Cataloging in Publication

National strategy for suicide prevention : Goals and objectives for action.
Rockville, MD : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services,
Public Health Service, 2001. Includes index.

1. Suicide - prevention & control - United States. 2. Health Planning - United States. I. United States. Public Health Service.

02NLM:HV 6548.A1 2001.

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Copies of this document are available from the Center for Mental Health Services' Knowledge Exchange Network by calling 1-800-789-2647, reference document number SMA 3517; and on the World Wide Web at www.mentalhealth.org/suicideprevention, or at http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library

National Library of Medicine Cataloging in Publication

2001

U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
Public Health Service
Rockville, MD

National Library of Medicine Cataloging in Publication

National strategy for suicide prevention : Goals and objectives for action.
Rockville, MD : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services,
Public Health Service, 2001. Includes index.

1. Suicide - prevention & control - United States. 2. Health Planning - United States. I. United States. Public Health Service.

02NLM:HV 6548.A1 2001.

graphic element

Copies of this document are available from the Center for Mental Health Services' Knowledge Exchange Network by calling 1-800-789-2647, reference document number SMA 3517; and on the World Wide Web at www.mentalhealth.org/suicideprevention, or at http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library

Contents

Preface from the Surgeon General

From the National Council for Suicide Prevention

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Introduction

Goal 1 Promote Awareness That Suicide Is a Public Health Problem That Is Preventable

Goal 2 Develop Broad-Based Support for Suicide Prevention

Goal 3 Develop and Implement Strategies to Reduce the Stigma Associated with Being a Consumer of Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Suicide Prevention Services

Goal 4 Develop and Implement Community-Based Suicide Prevention Programs

Goal 5 Promote Efforts to Reduce Access to Lethal Means and Methods of Self-Harm

Goal 6 Implement Training for Recognition of At-Risk Behavior and Delivery of Effective Treatment

Goal 7 Develop and Promote Effective Clinical and Professional Practices

Goal 8 Improve Access To and Community Linkages With Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

Goal 9 Improve Reporting and Portrayals of Suicidal Behavior, Mental Illness, and Substance Abuse in the Entertainment and News Media

Goal 10 Promote and Support Research on Suicide and Suicide Prevention

Goal 11 Improve and Expand Surveillance Systems

Chapter 12 Looking Ahead

Appendix A NSSP Goals and Objectives for Action: Summary List

Appendix B Evaluation of Suicide Prevention Programs

Appendix C

Appendix D

Appendix E

References

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