Australia's National Suicide Prevention Strategy: the next chapter

Canada needs a national suicide prevention strategy.

Heartsick over the loss of more than 800 Inuit who have seen no way through their pain except to end their own lives,1 Inuit Tapiirit Kanatami (ITK), the national Inuit political association, recently released an evidence-based suicide prevention strategy.2 The culturally specific strategy is intended to address the glaring void that has been left by Canada’s lack of a national suicide preventi...

Inuit leaders announce national Inuit suicide-prevention strategy.

Policy and governance to address depression and suicide in Bhutan: The national suicide-prevention strategy.

Suicide and mental disorders are a growing public health issue in Bhutan, due in part to a rapidly transitioning society. The burden of suicide has been recognized by the Royal Government of Bhutan and, as a result, it introduced the country's first ever national suicide-prevention plan in 2015. The 3-year action plan takes a holistic approach to making suicide-prevention services a top social ...

Nunavut's new suicide prevention strategy.

Just days after the resignation of Nunavut’s first cabinet minister responsible for suicide prevention, the territory released a new one-year strategy aimed at reducing suicide rates and the risk factors that drive them. On Mar. 3, Health Minister Paul Okalik, who was also responsible for suicide prevention, resigned because he opposed the government’s plan to open a beer and wine store in Iqal...

The role of physicians in advocating for a national strategy for suicide prevention.

high. In 2007, 3611 individuals died by suicide — about 10 people every day. The age-standardized mortality for suicide that year was 10.2 per 100 000 population, which was higher than the age-standardized mortality for renal failure (7.9 per 100 000) and chronic liver disease and cirrhosis (6.4 per 100 000). Although suicide has been studied for more than 100 years, much of the progress in pre...