Today is World Suicide Prevention Day

[bluecat*dancing]

Today is World Suicide Prevention Day which marks the release of the World Suicide Report by WHO.

Some facts from the site, http://wspd.org.au/about/

Quick facts about suicide in Australia

• Suicide is the leading cause of death for men under the age of 44 yrs

• Suicide is the leading cause of death for women under the age of 34 yrs

• The population death rates are around 10/100,000 people every year

• Annual number of deaths by suicide has changed little over the last two decades remaining plateaued at around 2,300 each year

• 65,000 plan or attempt to take their life each year

• 400,000 people think about taking their life each year

• The Global Burden of Disease Report cited 36 million years of healthy life were lost as a result of suicide in 2010

[channys_mum]

I support RUOK

It saddens me to see just how few attend the functions. Especially when so many are touched by suicide. People still won't see mental illness as an illness. Sad.

[bluecat*dancing]

Not everyone who suicides or contemplates suicide has a menatl illness but, yes, it is sad that stigma surrounding mental illness still exists.

RUOK day is tomorrow.

[purple_haize]

More people in USA attend functions/walks for the prevention of suicide, than in Australia, it is also talked about more in the USA, than here.

Not all people who commit suicide have a mental illness, but alot do.

My son suffered severe depression, when he took his own life in May. 2000.

[channys_mum]

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@purple_haize wrote:

More people in USA attend functions/walks for the prevention of suicide, than in Australia, it is also talked about more in the USA, than here.

Not all people who commit suicide have a mental illness, but alot do.

My son suffered severe depression, when he took his own life in May. 2000.

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It is a hard pill purp. I know.

My daughter left me in August 1999

I also know that not all suicides are due to mental illness.

[freddie*rooster]

Very sad time for the relatives of the family in the Boree Creek tragedy.

[bluecat*dancing]

There is a lack of understanding of suicide with too many judging rather than learning. Suicide is misunderstood and frowned upon by those who have never been there themselves or had loved ones who have. Very sad.

[bluecat*dancing]

Such a sad, sad thing to have happened, Freddie.

[purple_haize]

Freddie.........Very sad for their families and friends. They lived in a very tight knit community, all will be affected.

It is sad to think that the husband/father thought that was his only option.

[freddie*rooster]

Just heart breaking to see the pictures of such a lovely family.