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Why Suicide Prevention

• Suicide is community health problem
• Thoughts of suicide are understandable, complex, and personal
• Suicde can be mostly prevented
• Help-seeking is encouraged through skills and by open, direct, and honest talk about suicide
• Intervention should be the main prevention focus
• Cooperation and compassion is the essence of intervention
• Intervention skills are known and can be learned
• Large numbers of people can be taught intervention skills

Who needs suicide prevention skills?

• Psychologists, Social Workes, Clinicians
• Teachers and others in education setting
• Community and Families
• Workplaces
• Health professionals:
  • Allied health
  • Peer workforce
  • Other staff
• A broad range of people can help