1. Suicide in Our Community

2. Objectives
Identify current national, state, and local trends.
Review the comprehensive approach model to suicide prevention.
Discuss local action and initiatives.

3. Define the Problem
Suicide:
Death caused by self-directed injurious behavior with any intent to die as a result of the behavior.

4. National Data

5. National Data Every 12.95 minutes an American dies by suicide.
On average 117 suicides per day.
42,773 Americans died by suicide in 2015.
Over one million people die annually by suicide globally.

6. National Data
It is estimated that 1 million Americans attempt suicide every year.
Research shows that for every suicide there are 25 suicide attempts.

7. National Data

8. Texas Data Suicide Death Rates Number of Deaths by Suicide
Rate of 100,000 Population
State
Rank
Texas
3,254
12.18 42
Nationally
42,773
12.93

9. $ Texas Data Suicide cost Texas a total of $3,516,245,000
Of combined lifetime medical and work loss
Cost in 2010, or an average of $1,216,273 per suicide death. $

10. Texas Data
More than twice as many people die by suicide in Texas annually than by homicide.

11. Local Data
Suicide has been the third leading cause of death in Tarrant county from 2011 to 2015.
We see the same trends nationally and state wide with twice as many suicides compared to the homicide rates.

12. Now What

13. A Comprehensive Approach to Suicide Prevention

14. Identify People at Risk

15. Increase Help Seeking

16. Provide Access to Mental Health

17. Crisis Management/ Postvention

18. Restrict Access to Lethal Means

19. Enhance Life Skills

20. Promote Social Connectedness

21. Table Discussions
Using the information that was given in the comprehensive model, what are you or your agency doing in suicide prevention?

22. Panel Discussion
FWISD – Michael Steinert, MA Cook Children’s – Lisa Farmer, BSN, MSSW MHMR of Tarrant County – Brian Hoppe, LPC-S Veteran Affairs - Sarolyn Morgan, MSW

23. Questions

24. Suicide Safer Community
For more information please get in contact with Cortney Gumbleton or Monica Kintigh.