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19 votes
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Finland used to have one of the highest suicide rates in the world – how the country halved it and saved countless lives
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A fact-checked debate about euthanasia
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What do you think on how suicide prevention is handled in the world? What can be done better?
I was inspired to write this after reading this reddit post. It ranted about people who attempt to disuade people from commiting suicide by telling them that they are selfish because of the impact...
I was inspired to write this after reading this reddit post. It ranted about people who attempt to disuade people from commiting suicide by telling them that they are selfish because of the impact it will have on other people (I do think it is explained better in the post if you are interested).
However I have also been thinking about how suicide prevention is handled by most governments. I am not sure of exactly what process happens in other countries, but in America if you fail a suicide attempt you can be involuntarily put into a mental health asylum for a temporary period of time, and from reading many accounts of what people have experienced in these asylums and from my ongoing experience with suicidal idealation I very much feel i would be 10x more likely to commit suicide if I was put into such a facility once i got out.
But I also wanted to talk about other ways individuals may try to disuade people from suicide which i find problematic. Before i continue, i do want to say that I am not blaming these people, they have very good intentions. But something that has bugged me for a while has been that whenever people discuss suicide/mental health problems the first thing that is done is just recommending suicide hotlines/telling the person in question to seek a therapist/psychologist. While these options can be good for many people, i want to mention that- Suicide hotlines (mainly 811) are known for reporting people to police and having them put in mental health asylums (often times unnecisarlly). And staff at these suicide hotlines are often uneducated or rude to callers, or will just not answer or even hang up.
- Many people in these circumstances do not have access to trained proffesionals. Even if you live in a country with public healthcare, you may be in a situations (mainly abuse) where you cant get access to one either way.
Anyways sorry for the rambling, my brain is tired and i just wanted to get this out there. But based off of the above points, do you think that suicide prevention in society is flawed, and what could be better? While i do agree that it is flawed and there are ideas related to government on how to handle suicide prevention, i do not know what could be done on the individual level. To me one of my only resources apart from seeing other people experiences online is music (mainly Elliot Smith, Linkin park, Soundgarden and Nirvana) which I deeply relate to. But anhedonia can prevent enjoyment of such things.
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People who have attempted suicide, what prevented you from going through with it?
Its been on my mind lately, and i feel like i could use some hope and some perspectives from other people who have experienced this before. Apologies if this has been posted before.
34 votes -
Why suicide rates are dropping around the world
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988 Lifeline sees boost in use and funding in first months
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Men doing more family caregiving could lower their risk of suicide
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The US FCC wants your thoughts on improving the shorter National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number
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High spirits: Heavy metal and mental health
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Three digit suicide prevention hotline gets green light from House of Commons
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What it's like being a Lifeline crisis support counsellor during the coronavirus pandemic
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FCC proposes designating 988 as national suicide prevention and mental health hotline number
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World Mental Health Day 2019: Focus on suicide prevention
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A friends-and-family intervention for preventing teen suicide
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The empty promise of suicide prevention: Many of the problems that lead people to kill themselves cannot be fixed with a little extra serotonin
19 votes -
RU OK? day is coming up. Remember to reach out and connect with others, it could save their life.
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How suicide quietly morphed into a public health crisis
19 votes