‘It’s all preventable’: tackling America’s workplace suicide epidemic

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The US suicide rate is the highest of any wealthy country and the pandemic highlighted work stress’s effect on mental health

“We don’t really know what causes suicide,” said Dr April Foreman, an executive committee member for the Board of the American Association of Suicidology. “We can say workplaces impact people’s lives. We spend a lot of hours at work.”

“We need to do a much better job of preventing people from having the level of depression, stress and anxiety build and build and build to the extent that they’ve reached that tipping point, and really consider suicide as an option,” said Jennifer Silacci, founder and executive director of the, which has provided free or low-cost therapy to thousands of essential workers during the pandemic.

 

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