Wisconsin Suicide Prevention Strategy
Suicide is a major public health problem in Wisconsin. Suicide is preventable.
The aims of the Wisconsin Strategy are:
- to prevent deaths due to suicide across the life span,
- to reduce the occurrence of other self-harmful acts,
- to reduce the suffering associated with suicidal behaviors and the traumatic impact of suicide on loved ones, and
- to provide opportunities and settings to enhance resilience, resourcefulness, respect, nonviolent conflict resolution and interconnectedness for individuals, families, and communities.
11 Goals of the Strategy
- Promote Awareness that suicide is a public health problem that is preventable
- Develop broad-based support for suicide prevention
- Develop and implement strategies to reduce the stigma associated with being a consumer of mental health, substance abuse, and suicide prevention services
- Develop and implement community-based suicide prevention programs
- Promote efforts to reduce access to lethal means and methods of self-harm
- Implement training for recognition of at-risk behavior and delivery of effective treatment
- Develop and promote effective clinical and professional practices
- Increase community linkages with and access to mental health and substance abuse services
- Improve reporting and portrayals of suicidal behavior, mental illness, and substance abuse in the entertainment and new media
- Promote and support research and evaluation on suicide prevention
- Improve and expand systems for data collection, underscoring the public health emphasis on surveillance of suicide and suicidal behavior
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- Part 1: Foreword, Executive Summary, Table of Contents
- Part 2: Introduction; Goals, Objectives and Ideas for Action; Looking Ahead
- Part 3: Resources, References, Appendices
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- Part 3: Resources, References, Appendices
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