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Michigan’s Suicide Prevention Commission published its first full report, recommending steps that the authors said would decrease the number of suicide attempts and deaths in the state.
“We must act now,” Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, the state’s chief medical executive, wrote. “The preventable nature of suicide makes Michigan’s current suicide rates unacceptable.”
In 2019, the most recent year for which the commission said there was complete data, almost 1,500 people died by suicide in Michigan, and the rate of death had increased 28% in the previous decade.
Commission co-chair Brian Ahmedani, who also directs research into behavioral health services at Henry Ford Health System, said the last 20 years of research have fundamentally changed the way people in his field view suicide prevention.
Michigan Suicide Prevention Commission report makes lowering suicide rate a priority, offers recommendations; Someone dies by suicide every six hours in the state Michigan Department of Health and Human Services | Apr 14, 2021
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With someone dying by suicide every six hours in the state, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is releasing a report that makes recommendations on how to reduce the suicide rate.
The Michigan Suicide Prevention Commission Initial Report is from a group appointed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in March 2020.
“In Michigan, anyone who needs help should be able to get it,” said Gov. Whitmer. “This task force will do critical work to collect data, expand resources, and implement best practices so we can save lives. We must work together to reduce suicide rates in Michigan and make sure that everyone knows that it’s OK to not be OK and help is always here.”
Michigan’s Suicide Prevention Commission published its first full report, recommending steps that the authors said would decrease the number of suicide attempts and deaths in the state.
“We must act now,” Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, the state’s chief medical executive, wrote. “The preventable nature of suicide makes Michigan’s current suicide rates unacceptable.”
In 2019, the most recent year for which the commission said there was complete data, almost 1,500 people died by suicide in Michigan, and the rate of death had increased 28% in the previous decade.
Commission co-chair Brian Ahmedani, who also directs research into behavioral health services at Henry Ford Health System, said the last 20 years of research have fundamentally changed the way people in his field view suicide prevention.
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LANSING, Mich. â With someone dying by suicide every six hours in the state, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is releasing a report that makes recommendations on how to reduce the stateâs suicide rate.
The Michigan Suicide Prevention Commission Initial Report is from a group appointed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in March 2020, according to a news release Monday.
âIn Michigan, anyone who needs help should be able to get it,â Whitmer said. âThis task force will do critical work to collect data, expand resources and implement best practices so we can save lives. We must work together to reduce suicide rates in Michigan and make sure that everyone knows that itâs OK to not be OK and help is always here.â
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