Suicide Prevention in Howard County Focuses On Reaching Out to Others
Howard County Health Department’s Grassroots Crisis Intervention Program Gets Big Screen Attention
A suicide prevention PSA will air in all Howard County movie theaters from August 9 to September 5. “The Howard County Health Department is introducing a new program they hope will save lives and remove the stigma some may have when it comes to mental health.” You can read more here: https://cbsloc.al/2YzRwWA
According to the Washington Post, “Suicides in America have hit their highest levels since World War II.” The Hill reports that “American health-care workers are committing suicide in unprecedented numbers,” and calls “physician suicide — and more broadly health-care worker suicide — a huge issue in the U.S.” Teen Suicide has also skyrocketted.
“Until recently, the suicide prevention movement has been largely driven by family and friends of those who died. But in recent years — as suicide rates have climbed to historic levels — survivors of suicide attempts have been “coming out,” determined to combat the problem even if it means speaking out about their own, often-hidden pasts. Their emergence in unprecedented numbers in the past five years has transformed the suicide prevention world. Clinicians who once hid their own attempts for fear of having their objectivity and work questioned have started revealing their history to peers. Researchers trying to understand suicide, who previously focused on post-mortem data and environmental factors, are starting to embrace the relatively new idea of reaching out to people who experienced it directly. And advocates are harnessing those voices to raise awareness of suicide as a public health issue and win sorely needed funding and attention.”
If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, please talk with someone or call the Grassroots Crisis Hotline.
CALL Grassroots Crisis Intervention at 410-531-6677 and the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.
BrightStar Care of Howard County provides in home care in Howard County. To schedule an in-home consultation with our Registered Nurse Director of Nursing, contact BrightStar Care of Howard County at (410) 910-9425 or CLICK HERE.
Source:
https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2019/07/29/howard-county-suicide-prevention-psa/
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/389999-american-health-care-workers-are-committing-suicide-in-unprecedented