title: Public health strategies to ensure reduction in suicide incidence in middle and low income nations.
abstract: Worldwide, the incidence of suicide has increased at an alarming rate and in the year 2012 close to 1 million people died because of suicide. Although, it is a well-acknowledged fact that suicides are completely preventable, the public health authorities have failed to halt the rising trend of the suicide because of the presence of various social and health related factors. As suicide is a complex issue, in the low and middle-income nations, the most cost-effective approach is to ensure the integration of suicide prevention program into the primary health care network. To conclude, suicide is an important public health concern which is definitively preventable. However, the need of the hour is that all the stakeholders should take collective responsibility, and work in collaboration to develop and implement a comprehensive multi-sectoral suicide prevention strategy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Saurabh RamBihariLal
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Shrivastava
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Prateek Saurabh
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Shrivastava
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Jegadeesh
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ramasamy
keywords: Mental health; World Health Organization; suicide