Suicide is preventable.
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Thinking creatively and differently around issues and opportunities that can bring changes to the way people look at mental wellness.
In Illinois, suicide is the 11th leading cause of death resulting in more than 1,000 deaths each year.
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In Illinois, men are three to four times more likely than women to die from suicide.
For young adults 15 to 34 years of age, suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death in Illinois.
Suicide is recognized as a chronic epidemic, despite the overwhelming numbers, the tragedy of suicide is hidden by stigma, myth and shame.
The stigma surrounding suicide often has an impact on prevention and intervention efforts.
Care Prevention System
Transformational Framework for Health and Behavioral Health Care Systems
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Zero Suicide operationalizes the core components of safer suicide care.
core components
Core Values—the belief and commitment that suicide can be eliminated in a population under care by improving service access and quality and through practicing continuous quality improvement.​
Systems Management—taking systematic steps across systems of care to create a culture that no longer finds suicide acceptable, setting aggressive but achievable goals to eliminate suicide attempts and deaths, and organizing service delivery and support accordingly.​
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Evidence-Based Clinical Care Practices—adopting practices that research shows reduce suicide deaths and behaviors and that are delivered through the entire system of care and that emphasize productive patient-staff interactions.
Illinois Suicide Prevention Alliance
The alliance’s purpose is to bring together public and private organizations and stakeholders concerned with mental health to implement the goals and objectives that reduce this tragedy, using a positive, public health approach.
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More women than men report attempting suicide. In addition, suicide rates are higher among middle aged adults; whereas suicide attempt rates are higher among young people.
