#Suicideprevention

We have medicalized #SuicidePrevention and focused on individuals instead of environment and social structures. Sociologist like @seth_abrutyn and @procAnna point out that sociologists have been fighting the good fight. Bookmark
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While suicidal and self-harm thinking is up, we do not have evidence that suicide rates are up. Prevent the spread of misinformation by thoroughly researching facts and statistics found on
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September 10th is World Suicide Prevention Day. According to the World Health Organisation every forty seconds, a person dies by suicide somewhere in the world and many more attempt suicide. The
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Suicide in several countries, inc England, didn’t rise after lockdown - see @bmj_latest this wk. Yet many studies have shown poorer mental health. How do we square these findings? Answer
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TW 1/10So I'm going to talk about something and I don't want to be reported for it because I know others will feel the same, I'd also like to say
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THREAD: Troubled by many media reports & SM conversations where depression + mental health issues are assumed to be only causes of #suicide Of course, we need conversations on #Mentalhealth
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All caveats about corporate philanthropy being what they are, a thread of resources with #BellLetsTalk for visibility: You can make a difference outside of RTs one day a year.
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In 2021 #suicideprevention will remain vital to the #Covid response, so this is a good time to sum up what we know re the impact on suicide. Simple answer is
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The ‘triple barrier’ of mental health inequality affects large numbers of people from different sections of the population:1. Determinants2. Access3. Experience and outcomes@_Sarah_Hughes_ speaking at #EqualityInMentalHealth Mental heal
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I see a lot of commentary about the @NHSEngland paper on the future of integrated systems. Here is a perspective based on what is happening NOW rather than on some
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Inequality is about wealth and power. Can we achieve equality in mental health?The brilliant @MH_Equality team at @CentreforMH have created a ten point action plan for us all to get
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A THREAD: (This is not my work, it is copied and pasted from Fascistbook.)"Like him or hate him, Mr. @realDonaldTrump sure got a lot accomplished as @potus. Instead of criticism
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