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Senate Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2015 - 2016
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | June 18, 2015 03:35 PM |
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| From: | Senator Christine M. Tartaglione |
| To: | All Senate members |
| Subject: | Co-Sponsorship of Resolution - World Suicide Prevention Day |
| In the near future, I plan to introduce a resolution recognizing September 10, 2015 as World Suicide Prevention Day. Suicidal behavior has become a major public health concern, serving as the tenth leading cause of death in the United States and the leading cause of death around the world. Each year, almost one million people die from suicide, which equals one death every forty seconds. At this rate, the annual number of deaths from suicide exceeds the number of deaths from homicide and war combined. Each year, on September 10, the International Association for Suicide Prevention and the World Health Organization celebrate World Suicide Prevention Day. The purpose of this event is to discuss suicide and ways to prevent and treat it in hopes of saving lives. Whether reaching out to a lonely person as a friend, referring a medical patient to a mental health specialist for treatment or coordinating activities with organizations to improve prevention efforts, members of the general public, medical doctors and field professionals, alike, are key elements in ending the suicide epidemic. Every person is connected to this goal and has an equally important role in accomplishing it. Together, we can raise awareness of and encourage discussions about suicide in hopes of ending this growing epidemic. Please join me in recognizing World Suicide Day on September 10, 2015. |
Introduced as SR160