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Given the high suicide rate in Guyana,  I hope someone sees this and run with it.

In Detroit, where Zero Suicide was conceived, the number of people taking their lives has been dramatically reduced.

The city’s health system screens all patients for risk of suicide, not just those with known mental health problems. Information is then shared between hospitals and GP surgeries via a centralised IT system.

Communication with teachers, college departments, social workers, employers and family members has also been vital in identifying people at risk and getting them medical help.

The results have been staggering. In 1999, the annual suicide rate for mental health patients was 110 per 100,000. In the past two and a half years, not a single patient has been lost to suicide. 

http://zerosuicidealliance.com/

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