Workplace Suicide Prevention

Collaborative partnership among the American Association of Suicidology, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and United Suicide Survivors International. Mission The mission is to change the culture of workplaces to reduce job strain and negative, fear-based, prejudicial and discriminatory thoughts, behaviors and systems regarding suicide and mental health while at the same time promoting psychologically healthy norms and environments. Vision We (the collaborative partners) envision a world where workplaces and professional associations join in the global effort to aspire to zero suicides by sustaining a comprehensive suicide prevention strategy as part of their health and safety priorities. The overarching goals of the best practices are twofold: 1. To engage employer/professional association leadership to address suicide prevention in a comprehensive way. 2. To provide a roadmap to workplace leaders who wish to engage in this culture-change process. We seek to achieve our vision by developing a set of guidelines that: 1. Give employers and professional associations an opportunity to pledge to engage in the effort of suicide prevention. 2. Demonstrate an implementation structure for workplace best practice in a comprehensive approach. 3. Provide data and resources to advance the cause of workplace suicide prevention. 4. Bring together diverse stakeholders in a collaborative public-private model. 5. Make recommendations for easily deployed tools, trainings and resources for short-term action inside of long-term system-wide change.