Open letter on work-related suicides - Five actions to recognise, monitor, compensate and prevent work-related suicides

Open letter on work-related suicides As international researchers and experts in the field of suicide prevention, we are calling on public health authorities, workplace health and safety regulators, trade unions, employers, suicide prevention associations, and other stakeholders to take urgent action to recognise, investigate and prevent work-related suicides. [...] The aim of a work health and safety authority investigation should be to identify potential links between the suicide and work-related risk factors so as to motivate the prevention and control of similar risks going forward. [...] Work-related suicides should be counted in occupational injury and illness surveillance programs in order to direct and inform policy & practice intervention, and to evaluate intervention effectiveness. [...] Regulate and control work-related suicide risk factors: Work-related risk factors for suicide should be regulated, requiring prevention and control measures to be implemented just like for other hazards to worker health and safety. [...] 2024 examining-the-role-of-work-factors-in-suicide/latest Hazard Magazine IASP Suicide and the Workplace Special Interest Group Podcasts: Join Dr Sally Spencer-Thomas and guests, Jorgen Gullestrup and Professor Sarah Waters as they discuss suicide prevention in the workplace.