World Suicide Prevention Day – Sat 10 th September Globally suicide remains a leading cause of death – ahead of deaths from malaria, road accidents, homicide, malnutrition, natural disasters and even war, yet few countries have been able to reduce their suicide rates. In all countries the suicide rate for men is twice as high than for women and in some countries it is even higher. I’m not going to write a great deal about this today. A great deal has already been written. See for example the very detailed suicide prevention strategies which have already been published as part of the World Health Organisation’s LIVE LIFE Campaign, aspects of which have been successfully implemented in a number of countries. The suicide rate does vary greatly however both within and between countries - by culture, by religion, income levels and gender, so what works in one region may not work in another, but what seems to be lacking is not so much the how, or even resources, but ...
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