Do Suicide Really Work

Do suicide prevention programs actually work? And if not working should they stop funding or should they open more? Is suicide growing among teens and college aged students? Should the government fund more suicide programs? Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the U.S. In 2003 President Bush signed a Bill. This bill authorized the government to fund college mental-health centers with $22-million dollars but over the years this fund has lowered. Back in 2007 Tennessee passed the Jason Flatt Act as a suicide prevention effort. By this Act, Middle and High School teachers & staff have to take a suicide prevention and awareness programs. By 2013 only nine more states had adopted similar Acts. If the prevention programs are actually working …show more content…
H., & Demartino, R. (2004). Do suicide prevention programs actually work? Signs of Suicide (SOS) is a suicide prevention program at schools to demonstrate reductions in self-reported suicide attempts. They said that there were lower rates of suicide attempts as the students received greater knowledge and more adaptive attitudes about depression and suicide after attending the suicide prevention program Signs of Suicide (SOS). However, many other journals state that suicide prevention won’t work the same on me than you. “suicide…there is no safe indication that what has worked somewhere will work elsewhere. It has been demonstrated that suicide prevention programs have worked sometimes, somewhere.” Bertolote, J. M. (2004). Suicide prevention programs try to reduce the trigger one may have that lead to suicidal thoughts and behaviors. The goal they are trying to lower suicide rates while also making people aware of how to help someone who is mentally ill. They should open more programs to achieve this goal. By opening more of these programs it would implicate to bring back more founding for the programs. The funding being provided for all these programs is not enough especially since the cuts that have been made since 2003. In a recent article it said by year 2017 the funding for mental college health centers will rise. The money is being used in Student Health and Counseling Services. People might be against this and might say that if the. In conclusion the rate of teens and college students commiting suicide has grown over the years but I balive if more suicide programs are opened we can reduce this rate and inform more people to also help reduce by helping other people that need