"Suicide is a
preventable problem with realistic opportunities to save many
lives. Each member of the community has an important
role in turning the tide of suffering and disability caused by
this under recognized public health problem." U.S. Surgeon General
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Metro
Louisville Suicide Deaths Increase
In 2008, 111 lives lost to suicide.
In 2007,
102 lives lost to suicide.
In 2006,
92 lives
lost to suicide.
In 2005,
73 lives
lost to suicide.
If
You or Someone You Know Is
Thinking About Ending Their Life,
Call 1-800-273-TALK
Save
A Life, Know The Warning Signs
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Hopelessness
nothing to live for
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Withdrawal
from family, friends, work,
school, activities, hobbies
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Anxiety restlessness, irritability,
agitation
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Reckless
high risk-taking behavior
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Trapped feeling there is no way
out
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Anger
Suicide
Is A Serious and Preventable Public Health Tragedy
causing
almost half of all violent deaths and
resulting in almost one
million fatalities every
year world wide.
Suicidal thoughts and behavior can be
successfully treated and often
can be avoided
if help is obtained soon enough.
Recognizing when
someone might be suicidal
and getting the person help are what is
crucial.
Metro Louisville Suicide Awareness / Prevention
Louisville
Suicide Awareness & Prevention Suicide
Gatekeeper Prevention Training by the
Nathan Alan Eisert Foundation www.NAEF.org
Make A Difference For Kids a non-profit
organization promoting awareness and prevention
of cyberbullying and suicide through education. www.MakeADifferenceForKids.org
Mayor's Strategic Initiative -
Youth Violence
Prevention Plan - Being Developed
Seven
Counties,
24-hour
Crisis and Information
Call Center and regional behavioral health center
for
Bullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby,
Spencer, and
Trimble counties.
Get
Help Now! 1-800-273-TALK
Never
keep a plan for suicide a secret.
Don’t worry about risking a friendship
if
you truly feel a life is
in danger. It is better to
lose a relationship from violating
a confidence
than it is to go to a funeral.
A suicidal person should see a doctor or health
professional immediately.
Call 911 or go
to a hospital emergency room or call Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK1-800-273-8255
Surgeon
General's
Call To Action To Prevent Suicide
outlines more than a
dozen steps that can be
taken by policy- makers individuals,
communities and organizations.
The Surgeon
General's Call To Action 15 recommendations revolve around three
principles: Awareness,
Intervention, and
Methodology - whose first letters form the
word
"AIM."
1-800-273-TALK
1-800-273-8255
Kentucky
Suicide Awareness / Prevention
Kentucky
Suicide Prevention Group
mission is to decrease
suicide deaths and
attempts in the Commonwealth through
advocacy, education, training and evaluation.
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Advocate
for suicide prevention efforts
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Develop and implement educational
strategies
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Develop
and implement marketing and
public relations strategies
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Expand
community suicide prevention
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Secure
funding for suicide prevention efforts
Common
Misconceptions
"People who
talk about suicide won't do it."
"Anyone who tries to kill
them self is crazy."
"Talking about suicide may give someone
the idea."
"People who commit suicide are people who
were unwilling to
seek help."
"If a person is determined to kill
them self,
nothing is
going to stop them."
All
of the statements are Not True
Suicide Facts
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Suicide is the
2nd leading cause of death
for young people
15-24 years old.
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Depression, is the
strongest risk factor
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There are 4 male
suicides for every
female suicide.
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There are 3 female suicide attempts
for each male attempt.
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Highest at risk
group are men over 65. In
the month prior to their death, 75% have
visited a physician.
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National
Strategy Suicide Awareness / Prevention
(NSSP) represents the combined work of
advocates, clinicians, researchers
and survivors
around the nation. It lays out a framework for
action
to prevent suicide and guides
development of an array of services
and
programs that must be developed. It is
designed to be a catalyst
for social change
with the power to transform attitudes, policies,
and services.
The NSSP Goals and Objectives for Action was published
by the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services in May of 2001,
with leadership from the Surgeon General.
QPR
stands for Question, Persuade, Refer
3 simple steps that anyone can learn to help
save a life from suicide.
Just as folks trained in CPR and the Heimlich
Maneuver help save
thousands of lives each
year, people trained in QPR learn how to
recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis
and how to question,
persuade, and refer
someone to help.
It takes just 60 minutes to learn QPR.
Media can be powerful in educating
the public about suicide
prevention.
Stories about suicide can inform readers and
viewers
about the likely causes of suicide,
its
warning signs, trends in
suicide rates,
and
recent treatment advances. They can highlight
opportunities to prevent suicide.
Media stories about individual
deaths by
suicide
may need to be covered, but they
have the
potential to do harm.
Implementation of recommendations for
media
coverage of suicide has been
shown to decrease suicide rates.
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What
is more important than Saving a Life?
Experts
believe most suicidal people don’t want to die, they
just want to end their pain.
When suicidal behaviors are detected early, lives can be
saved.
It
takes just one hour to know what to do to help them!
Say YES now to Suicide Prevention.
Add a Louisville Suicide
Awareness Prevention Banner to your web site.
Email a Louisville Suicide
Awareness Prevention Banner to a friend.
(Right Click on Mouse
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The Louisville Suicide Awareness
Prevention
web site is here to help save lives.
We are determined through suicide awareness and prevention that the
number of suicide deaths in Metro Louisville will decrease in 2009.
