{"id":215367,"date":"2022-11-22T19:22:10","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T13:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=215367"},"modified":"2022-11-22T19:22:10","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T13:52:10","slug":"union-health-ministry-rolls-out-countrys-first-suicide-prevention-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/union-health-ministry-rolls-out-countrys-first-suicide-prevention-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Union Health Ministry rolls out country\u2019s first suicide prevention policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article <\/span><b>\u201cUnion Health Ministry rolls out country\u2019s first suicide prevention policy\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in<\/span><b> The Hindu <\/b>on<b> 22nd November 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has announced a National Suicide Prevention Strategy.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>About National Suicide Prevention Strategy<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Suicide Prevention Strategy is a first of its kind in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Purpose: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It seeks time-bound action plans and multi-sectoral collaborations to achieve reduction in suicide mortality by 10% by 2030.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The strategy is in line with the <\/span><b>WHO\u2019s South East-Asia Region Strategy for suicide prevention.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Key features of the strategy: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The strategy broadly seeks to\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Establish effective surveillance mechanisms for suicide within the next three years<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Establish psychiatric outpatient departments that will provide suicide prevention services through the District Mental Health Programme in all districts within the next five years<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Integrate a mental well-being curriculum in all educational institutions within the next eight years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Develop guidelines for responsible media reporting of suicides and restrict access to means of suicide.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Develop community resilience and societal support for suicide prevention.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>About the status of suicide cases in India<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In India, more than one lakh lives are lost every year to suicide and it is the top killer in the 15-29 years category.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the past three years, the suicide rate has increased from 10.2 to 11.3 per 1,00,000 population.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most common reasons for suicide include family problems and illnesses, which account for 34% and 18% of all suicide-related deaths.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cUnion Health Ministry rolls out country\u2019s first suicide prevention policy\u201d published in The Hindu on 22nd November 2022. What is the News? The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has announced a National Suicide Prevention Strategy. 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