Programme for suicide prevention

The Suicide Prevention Program for 2020-2030 contains 36 proposals for measures to prevent suicide deaths in our country.

Objectives

Suicide deaths have been recorded in Finland since 1751. Suicide mortality has halved since 1990. A positive turnaround occurred during the National Suicide Prevention Project (1986–1996). However, the positive development cannot be expected to continue in Finland without measures to prevent suicide deaths.

Suicide prevention now requires intensification and more new means. The Suicide Prevention Program for 2020-2030 contains 36 proposals for measures to prevent suicide deaths in our country. The implementation and effectiveness of the measures contained in each issue are monitored using information collected separately as indicators.

Implementation

Proposals to achieve the objectives of the program:

• Awareness Raising
• Impacting the means of suicide
• Early intervention
• Supporting risk groups
• Developing care options
• Increasing media competence
• Strengthening knowledge basis and research
• Monitoring of the suicide prevention programme and proposals for indicators

Partners

Ministry of Social Affairs and Health

Funding

Ministry of Social Affairs and Health

Contact information

Timo Partonen
Research Professor
tel. +358 29 524 8859
e-mail: [email protected]