Suicide is preventable.
The majority of persons who commit suicide have mental health or substance abuse diagnoses. Best practices in assessment, crisis services, and treatment must be available in practice to address the incidence of suicide as well as its impact on others. The approach is to integrate suicide prevention in all mental health initiatives and to look for opportunities to collaborate with public and private structures to coordinate a plan to reduce death by suicide. Wisconsin's approach is in the early stages of formulation. It is long range.