You’re probably familiar with some of the steps you can take. There are also ways you can contribute to suicide prevention that you might not have thought of before—and you may be able to make a bigger difference than you think.
, Ph.D., licensed psychologist and executive board member at the American Association of Suicidology , about the actionable things we can do to support this crucial cause. They’re great to try for Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, but they’re important year-round, too. Here’s how you can help:
As a field advocate, you’ll get gentle email nudges when there are things you can do to help the suicide prevention cause on both a state and federal level. You may be surprised to hear there’s actually a lot of legislation in the works that directly or indirectly impacts suicide prevention, but it’s true.
To give you an idea of just how underfunded suicide research is in relation to the scale of the problem, let’s look at some numbers. In 2017, 47,173 people died by suicide, and last year, research on suicide and suicide prevention received $147 million in funding from the. By comparison, 41,743 people died from chronic liver disease and cirrhosis in 2017—so almost 5,500 fewer than those who died by suicide—but that cause received $335 million in funding. That's a $188 million difference.
The NIH requests its budget from the U.S. Congress, then it breaks up the funds between different institutes and centers of biomedical disciplines, including the National Institute of Mental Health .
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