World Suicide Prevention Day 2013

Few days ago, eleventh ceremony of World Suicide Prevention Day celebrated in United State America. Suicide is a dangerous public health problem but it is also a preventable public health challenge, one in which all of us can reduce the rate of its growing.

In that ceremony, former Defense Secretary Gates told the people that three years ago, I launched the National Action union for Suicide avoidance.  The Alliance has brought together leading experts and advocates from the private and philanthropic sectors, health care providers, public officials, faith leaders, the Armed Forces and other federal agencies to help free our nation from the misfortune of suicide.

It is found during researches that the majority of people who kill themselves are not getting treatment at the time of their death.  But by structure on the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, the Affordable Care Act will extend mental health and substance use disorder benefits and federal parity protections to 62 million Americans.

We can get better results for prevent the suicide to arrange different social mobilization. We’re also making sure that suicide prevention is part of our top efforts to improve health care in America.  More than 71 million Americans are receiving now preventive services like screenings for alcohol abuse and depression at no out-of-pocket cost, thanks to the Affordable Care Act.

Health care law has most importance to stop these tragedies of suicides. Additionally, the health care law is cheering better coordination between health care providers, a critical issue in promoting rapid follow up care of individuals at risk for suicide who are discharged from emergency departments and inpatient units.

While we’ve got much improvement we will not be satisfied until we see the suicide rates declining across the nation.  This month, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is providing additional grants to states, tribes and college campuses for youth suicide prevention.

Suicide cases can reduce if government takes better steps, such as low cost or free of cost treatment resources for his nation.

  

HHS continues to support the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and to partner with the Department of Veterans Affairs on the Veterans Crisis Line. Anyone can call 1-800-273-8255 at any time – day or night – to get help.  The Lifeline has answered an average of 89,000 calls per month this year, with more than 27,000 calls per month being answered by the Veterans Crisis Line.

Finally, at President Obama’s request, Education Secretary Arne Duncan have partnered with the White House to launch the National Conversation on Mental Health to reduce the fear, shame, and misperceptions that too often prevent people from getting the mental health and substance abuse treatment they need.  We all have a role in preventing suicide, and working together, we will.