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Action Alliance Statement on the New CDC Data on Emergency Department Visits for Suicidal Self-Injury Among Young People During COVID-19
June 11, 2021

While provisional suicide death rates were down in 2020, new data underscores mental and emotional impact of pandemic on young people

The Mental Health & Suicide Prevention National Response to COVID-19 Joins Together with National Initiative of Business Leaders to Advance Mental Health and Suicide Prevention
February 23, 2021

Influential national groups commit to strengthening access to mental health care in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic

Action Alliance and Surgeon General Release Call to Action to Implement the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention
January 19, 2021

Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Office of the Surgeon General (OSG)—in collaboration with the National Action Alliance…
Action Alliance Statement on the New CDC Mortality Data Showing Slight Decline in Suicide Deaths in 2019
December 22, 2020

While new figures provide encouraging news, more work to be done to see long-term downward trend

Leading Public-Private Sector Partners Announce Robust National Action Plan to Urgently Address Mental Health & Suicide in Wake of Pandemic
December 2, 2020

NIMH’s Dr. Joshua Gordon and former Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy hold timely press call to discuss need for coordinated, national action to ensure country’s…
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