Suicide is the second leading cause of death for people ages 10-34, and the fourth leading cause of death for people ages 35-44.
I remember calling the nurse hotline — a new, stressed-out, low-resourced single mom in Denver — while driving between appointments and apartment searches. As a former midwife, I knew what I was calling for: medication for postpartum depression. I managed to request a small dose, crying, and I was met with an immediate prescription. I loved my new baby and being a mom, but I struggled with loving myself and I was facing the adversity of being a poor single mom in Denver.
It kind of makes sense why we’re experiencing societal depression right now. In the large scheme, the U.S. health-care system didn’t prioritize mental health services before COVID, which put our communities in dire situations and left states to often innovate, fund and figure out how to get communities access to mental health services. Since COVID, depression, ideation and suicide have skyrocketed.
has developed material and content on how to prevent suicide at the workplace, naming the workplace as a prime environment to implement prevention strategies; many employers are now working towards supporting mental health at work through comprehensive frameworks. There are also things we can do to destigmatize suicidal ideation so that people are not scared to seek treatment — including talking about ideation, so that those of us who live with it don’t feel even more isolated.
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