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Abstract
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"Preventing suicide: A global imperative" by the World Health Organization (WHO) is a landmark paper which helps member states to design a robust national strategies for suicide prevention. Based on this report a well-designed national strategy for suicide prevention should have at the very least twelve components (1). In order to not forget these twelve vital components I have made an acronym i.e. "MATTE COMPASS".
In the "MATTE" part:
M refers to "Media i.e. promoting implementation of media guidelines for responsible reporting of suicide",
A to "Awareness i.e. establishing public information campaigns to support suicide prevention programs",
T to "Training and education i.e. maintaining comprehensive training programs for suicide prevention",
T to "Treatment i.e. improving the quality of clinical care for individuals who present to hospital following a suicide attempt" (1).
E to "Economics" i.e. governments being financially able, or politically willing, to provide the budget for the above initiatives.
In the "COMPASS" part,
C refers to "Crisis intervention i.e. having the capacity to respond to crises",
O to "Oversight and coordination i.e. establishing institutions to promote and coordinate",
M to "Means restriction i.e. reducing the availability of the means to suicide",
P to "Postvention i.e. improving caring for those affected by suicide behaviors",
A to "Access to services i.e. promoting increased access to comprehensive services for vulnerable to suicidal behaviors",
S to "Surveillance i.e. increasing the quality and timeliness of national data on suicide behaviors",
S to "Stigma reduction i.e. reducing discrimination against people using mental health services" (1). ...
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