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Concepts
Prevention Concept Matrix (pdf) - a matrix of the prevention concepts cross references with literature citations and recommended components for suicide prevention.
- PROMOTE AWARENESS that suicide in older adults is a public health problem that is preventable.
- Develop Broad-Based Support for elder suicide prevention.
- Develop and implement strategies to REDUCE THE STIGMA associated with aging and with being a senior consumer of mental health, substance abuse and suicide prevention services.
- Develop and implement COMMUNITY-BASED SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAMS for older adults.
- Promote efforts to REDUCE ACCESS to lethal means and methods of self-harm by older adults.
- Implement TRAINING FOR RECOGNITION AND ASSESSMENT of at-risk behavior in and delivery of effective treatment to older adults.
- Develop and promote effective CLINICAL AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES.
- Improve REPORTING AND PORTRAYALS of suicidal behavior, mental illness, and substance abuse among older adults in the entertainment and news media.
- Promote and SUPPORT RESEARCH on late life suicide and suicide prevention.
- Improve and expand SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS
- EVALUATION of prevention programs
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