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tors). The claims in national strategies of adopting a ‘whole-of-society’ 13th Triple i | Koper · Slovenia | 31 May–1 June 2022
and/or ‘whole-of-government’ approach are consistent with these models.
Nevertheless, there is limited strategic and operational focus on societal or
macro-level determinants of suicide in most national suicide prevention stra-
tegies. Rather, the locus of interventions tends to be the individual or group
or community, with suicide conceptualised primarily as a mental health pro-
blem (or, more elaborately, as an outcome of the interaction between men-
tal ill-health and the socioeconomic and sociocultural ‘context’). Moreover,
success in achieving cross-governmental ownership of suicide prevention
remains elusive and contested. A concerted effort to address the ‘causes of
the causes’ is long overdue. Effective suicide prevention needs to recognise
and target macro-level and sociological determinants of suicide via sound
policy interventions.
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and/or ‘whole-of-government’ approach are consistent with these models.
Nevertheless, there is limited strategic and operational focus on societal or
macro-level determinants of suicide in most national suicide prevention stra-
tegies. Rather, the locus of interventions tends to be the individual or group
or community, with suicide conceptualised primarily as a mental health pro-
blem (or, more elaborately, as an outcome of the interaction between men-
tal ill-health and the socioeconomic and sociocultural ‘context’). Moreover,
success in achieving cross-governmental ownership of suicide prevention
remains elusive and contested. A concerted effort to address the ‘causes of
the causes’ is long overdue. Effective suicide prevention needs to recognise
and target macro-level and sociological determinants of suicide via sound
policy interventions.
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