This blog will be slightly different today as we wanted to highlight and share the key findings from The Lancet Public Health Series released in September of this year. The 6 paper series outlines a public health approach to suicide prevention exploring a wide range of opportunities for intervention and I will be highlighting the key points here.
As you can imagine we at The Mental Elf have covered a wide range of topics in relation to suicide; from ethnic disparities in suicide mortality, to at risk clinical groups e.g. bipolar disorder, depression in first time fathers, and doctors, to rising temperatures and suicidal behaviour and that has just been this year. In fact, we’ve published over 70 blogs over the last decade, summarising the latest reliable suicide prevention research.
The Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan (WHO 2021a) set a target of a 30% reduction in the suicide rate (internationally) by 2030. Between 2013 and 2019 there has been a 10% decrease in …