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“Suicide prevention is a collection of efforts to reduce the risk of suicide.[1] Suicide is often preventable,[2] and the efforts to prevent it may occur at the individual, relationship, community, and society level.[1] Suicide is a serious public health problem that can have long-lasting effects on individuals, families, and communities. Preventing suicide requires strategies at all levels of society. This includes prevention and protective strategies for individuals, families, and communities. Suicide can be prevented by learning the warning signs, promoting prevention and resilience, and committing to social change.[3] Beyond direct interventions to stop an impending suicide, methods may include: treating mental illness improving coping strategies of people who are at risk reducing risk factors for suicide, such as substance misuse, poverty and social vulnerability giving people hope for a better life after current problems are resolved calling a suicide hotline number General efforts include measures within the realms of medicine, mental health, and public health. Because protective factors[4] such as social support and social engagement—as well as environmental risk factors such as access to lethal means— play a role in suicide, suicide is not solely a medical or mental-health issue.[5] Specific strategies. Social intervention In the United States, the 2012 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention promotes various specific suicide prevention efforts including:[33] Developing groups led by professionally trained individuals for broad-based support for suicide prevention. Promoting community-based suicide prevention programs. Screening and reducing at-risk behavior through psychological resilience programs that promotes optimism and connectedness. Education about suicide, including risk factors, warning signs, stigma related issues and the availability of help through social campaigns. Increasing the proficiency of health and welfare services at responding to people in need. e.g., sponsored training for helping professionals, increased access to community linkages, employing crisis counseling organizations. Reducing domestic violence and substance abuse through legal and empowerment means are long-term strategies. Reducing access to convenient means of suicide and methods of self-harm. e.g., toxic substances, poisons, handguns. Reducing the quantity of dosages supplied in packages of non-prescription medicines e.g., aspirin. School-based competency promoting and skill enhancing programs. Interventions and usage of ethical surveillance systems targeted at high-risk groups. Improving reporting and portrayals of negative behavior, suicidal behavior, mental illness and substance abuse in the entertainment and news media. Research on protective factors & development of effective clinical and professional practices.” -Wikipedia. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/antonio-myers4/support