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National Strategy for Suicide Prevention:
Goals and Objectives for Action
Full Report
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Contents
Preface from the Surgeon General
Letter 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 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
References
Appendices
NSSP Goals and Objectives for Action
: Summary list
Evaluation of suicide prevention programs
Suicide prevention efforts in process of evaluation
NSSP Federal Steering Group Agency descriptions
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