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NIMH aims to transform health care systems to reduce suicide
Author(s) -
Canady Valerie A.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.32408
Subject(s) - suicide rates , alliance , mental health , psychiatry , action (physics) , psychology , mental health care , medicine , suicide prevention , medical emergency , poison control , political science , physics , quantum mechanics , law
Observing that the suicide rate has increased by one‐third over the past two decades, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) announced its commitment, along with the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention (NAASP), to reduce the suicide rate by 20% by 2025. The NIMH viewpoint was published online May 20 in JAMA Psychiatry .