Mental health access and suicide prevention strategies

Public health priorities (Increase access to care)

• parity laws - Equal Or on par with

  • this came in the form of the affordable care act. (2010). Which told Health insurance providers that they had to cover mental healthcare on par with the way they cover physical healthcare

• Reduce provider shortages

• Telehealth

Public health priorities (increase utilization of care)

Reduce sigma

Public health priorities (suicide prevention)

Means restriction (how people attempt Suicide)

Fatal versus non-fatal suicide data

means restriction (Extreme risk protective orders)

• Where either a healthcare professional/law enforcement/family Can essentially request that a persons firearm ownership rights be temporarily suspended because they’re concerned about the persons safety or the safety of others

Means restriction (Suicide magnets)

A particular location that has a lot of suicides occurring

• For most strategies have been put into place to reduce access to these locations