Read “Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention: Evidence & Implications” from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Write a 1½-page action plan that you can present to the public health authorities in your local community, which has experienced a steady growth in the incidences of death by suicide in the past decade. You want to suggest that a program be instituted that can address the behavioral disorders that may lead to death by suicide and help prevent it.
The action plan must address the following:
The means to better understand the relationships among mental illnesses, substance abuse, and death by suicide
A public health approach to prevent behavioral disorders and death by suicide
The steps to develop and implement the program
The means to evaluate the effectiveness of the program at designated future time intervals
