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Bridging the Global Mental Health Gap

National Suicide Prevention Strategies

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Abstract

Global suicide rates continue to increase despite local efforts to address the problem. The field of global mental health has identified various barriers and strategies to effective suicide prevention, which have informed global efforts in providing resources and guidance at a national level. In this chapter, we provide a review of global efforts and national strategies aimed at decreasing rates of suicide globally. We look at the evolution of global mental health and its focus on suicide prevention, provide an overview of global efforts, national strategies, and the lessons to be learned from these programs.

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    Connie Fee, Jayla Burton & Everardo Leon

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Van Zyl, M., Fee, C., Burton, J., Leon, E. (2022). Bridging the Global Mental Health Gap. In: Pompili, M. (eds) Suicide Risk Assessment and Prevention. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41319-4_63-1

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