It is worth bearing in mind that suicide’s a substantial death risk for 18-24s, but I don’t really know what an individual can do for themselves to reduce their suicide risk. Move somewhere where there’s more lithium in the water?
If we spent 1% of the money per casualty on suicide prevention we spend on cancer prevention we’d know the answer already.
My guess is that screening for depression and other common problems correlating with suicide would be a cheap and easy way to significantly reduce the risk, but our society is insane, and never funded any real research so I have no way of knowing if I’m right.
It is worth bearing in mind that suicide’s a substantial death risk for 18-24s, but I don’t really know what an individual can do for themselves to reduce their suicide risk. Move somewhere where there’s more lithium in the water?
If we spent 1% of the money per casualty on suicide prevention we spend on cancer prevention we’d know the answer already.
My guess is that screening for depression and other common problems correlating with suicide would be a cheap and easy way to significantly reduce the risk, but our society is insane, and never funded any real research so I have no way of knowing if I’m right.