Menu of Suicide Prevention Actions

What Employers can do...

Support and encourage employees in need to see their primary care practitioners for assessment and referrals for treatment.

Make available an assortment of effective public awareness and educational materials that can be used to carry the suicide prevention message into the company locations.

Sponsor suicide prevention events and activities; provide personnel, funds and other needed resources.

Support the requirement of insurance companies to cover the cost of treatment for drug and alcohol addiction.

Ensure that company employees and health providers receive training in suicide prevention and trauma issues associated with suicide.

Offer free or low-cost trauma counseling and suicide prevention services.

Become educated on how to recognize and address depression in the workplace.

Reduce the stigma associated with seeking help for mental health issues in the workplace.

Implement voluntary screening to identify who needs intervention.