Press Release - New Report on Suicide Prevention
OFFICE OF FIRST LADY JEANNIE RITTER
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 2009
CONTACTS
Wil Alston, 303-866-6323, wil.alston@state.co.us
Jacy Conradt, MHA, 720-208-2234, jconradt@mhacolorado.org
FIRST LADY JEANNIE RITTER JOINS MHA AND COLORADO TRUST TO RELEASE NEW REPORT ON SUICIDE PREVENTION
First Lady Jeannie Ritter joined Mental Health America (MHA) of Colorado and The Colorado Trust to announce the release of a new report that outlines Colorado's work on suicide prevention and the state's intervention plan to address the state's historically high suicide rate. Titled, "Preventing Suicide in Colorado -- Progress Achieved & Goals for the Future," the report is an update to the state's 1998 Suicide Prevention and Intervention Plan.
Click here to download the report.
"I want to personally applaud the MHA of Colorado and the Colorado Trust for investing in the creation of such a critical roadmap for the mental health community," said First Lady Jeannie Ritter. "Issues around mental health strike at the core of Colorado families and our general community, and with so many young people and soldiers returning home who suffer from this unfortunate disease, we need every possible resource to help fight it."
The new report details key facts and figures about the suicide rate in Colorado, notable prevention achievements in the past 10 years, and recommendations to strengthen current and future suicide prevention and awareness efforts. It also shows that while Colorado's average suicide rate has declined by 6.5 percent in the past decade, our state still has the 6th highest suicide rate in the nation.
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INFORMATIONAL NOTE: The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention provides useful information on their website to reporters on how to appropriately cover the issue of suicide and suicide prevention -- Reporting on Suicide: Recommendations for the Media
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