Suicide Prevention in New York State: We Can Make a Difference But We Need All Hands on Deck!

• By: Ann Sullivan, MD New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH)
• October 1st, 2020
• COVID-19, fall 2020 issue, hope, New York State, suicide prevention, veterans, zero suicide
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Suicide is a public health crisis that demands our collective attention. Over the past two decades, while we have seen major forms of mortality like heart disease, stroke, and cancer decline, suicide rates have steadily increased both in the United States and New York State (NYS). Since 2000 the...

Zero Suicide in the United States

• By: Rachel W. Bush, PhD New York Medical College John I. Gerson, PhD
• October 1st, 2020
• fall 2020 issue, outpatient care, suicide, suicide care, suicide prevention, zero suicide
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We have started to finally recognize and respond to the serious public health concerns about suicide in the United States. The “Zero Suicide” (ZS) initiative was developed to provide a systemic approach to the prevention of suicide (Laboullere, et al., 2018). In 2010 the National Action...