Prevention of Suicide in Adolescents

The community impact, which includes national, state, and community level, is crucial for suicide prevention in adolescents. By having the community involved, it allows a more effective prevention plan, along with measures on how to properly handle the situation more efficiently. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Surgeon General and National Action Alliance for Suicide, revised the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention (NSSP) in 2012. In which, they classified suicide prevention interventions into two categories: prevention targeted at the level of the individual and prevention targeted at the level of the population. (HHS, 2012). To target at the level of the individual, the NSPP emphasized the role every American can play in protecting their loved ones from suicide. To target prevention at the level of the population, the NSPP provide a framework for schools, businesses, health systems, clinicians and many other sectors by learning from their conducted research and teaching ways to identify patterns of suicide and suicidal behavior throughout a group or population. There is also the Best Practices Registry Suicide Prevention (BPR) which is a a registry for the best practices in a specific area. The BPR is maintained by the collaboration of the Suicide Prevention Center (SPRC) and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The registry is funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, which identifies, reviews, and disseminates information about best practices that address specific objectives for the NSSP (“Suicide Prevention”, 2009). According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Surgeon General and National Action Alliance fo...

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