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Centering decriminalization of suicide in low – and middle – income countries on effective suicide prevention strategies

Globally, over 800,000 people die by suicide every year. For every one completed suicide, 20 more attempts have been made. As previous attempts are one of the strongest predictors of future suicide, help-seeking in moments of crisis, particularly after an attempt, may have important implications for...

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Autores principales: Ochuku, Brenda K., Johnson, Natalie E., Osborn, Tom L., Wasanga, Christine M., Ndetei, David M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9712720/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36465309
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1034206
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description Globally, over 800,000 people die by suicide every year. For every one completed suicide, 20 more attempts have been made. As previous attempts are one of the strongest predictors of future suicide, help-seeking in moments of crisis, particularly after an attempt, may have important implications for suicide prevention. Unfortunately, the criminalization of suicide in several countries hinders help-seeking, increases the stigmatization of those who attempt suicide and obstructs the accurate tracking of suicides. Here, we highlight the negative effects of suicide criminalization and discuss evidence-based strategies for suicide prevention such as means restriction, improved mental health literacy and access to psychosocial support, and responsible media coverage of suicides.
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spelling pubmed-97127202022-12-02 Centering decriminalization of suicide in low – and middle – income countries on effective suicide prevention strategies Ochuku, Brenda K. Johnson, Natalie E. Osborn, Tom L. Wasanga, Christine M. Ndetei, David M. Front Psychiatry Psychiatry Globally, over 800,000 people die by suicide every year. For every one completed suicide, 20 more attempts have been made. As previous attempts are one of the strongest predictors of future suicide, help-seeking in moments of crisis, particularly after an attempt, may have important implications for suicide prevention. Unfortunately, the criminalization of suicide in several countries hinders help-seeking, increases the stigmatization of those who attempt suicide and obstructs the accurate tracking of suicides. Here, we highlight the negative effects of suicide criminalization and discuss evidence-based strategies for suicide prevention such as means restriction, improved mental health literacy and access to psychosocial support, and responsible media coverage of suicides. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-17 /pmc/articles/PMC9712720/ /pubmed/36465309 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1034206 Text en Copyright © 2022 Ochuku, Johnson, Osborn, Wasanga and Ndetei. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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title Centering decriminalization of suicide in low – and middle – income countries on effective suicide prevention strategies
title_full Centering decriminalization of suicide in low – and middle – income countries on effective suicide prevention strategies
title_fullStr Centering decriminalization of suicide in low – and middle – income countries on effective suicide prevention strategies
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title_short Centering decriminalization of suicide in low – and middle – income countries on effective suicide prevention strategies
title_sort centering decriminalization of suicide in low – and middle – income countries on effective suicide prevention strategies
topic Psychiatry
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9712720/
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