World Suicide Prevention Day 2022: ‘Creating Hope Through Action’

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• Sep 10, 2022 | Dhupali Das

We can reduce the number of suicides worldwide by raising awareness, reducing stigma, and encouraging informed action...

Digital Desk: Suicide not only ends a person's life and future, but it also hurts their loved ones. It is possible to resist giving in to life's difficulties. Every suicide death is a public health concern that has a substantial impact on the individuals in the surrounding community. We can reduce the number of suicides worldwide by raising awareness, reducing stigma, and encouraging informed action.

History And Importance Of World Suicide Prevention Day 2022

The International Association for Suicide Prevention and the World Health Organization (WHO) created World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) in 2003. Since then, organizations, governments from all around the world, and regular individuals take part on September 10 to raise awareness of the problem, reduce stigma, and send a strong message that suicide may be prevented.

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 7,03,000 people worldwide commit suicide each year. For every suicide, there are likely 20 other people making suicide attempts, and many more have serious thoughts of suicide. Suicidal behaviour has a huge influence on millions of people and causes them to experience severe grief.

World Suicide Prevention Day 2022 Theme: ‘Creating Hope Through Action’

The three-year World Suicide Prevention Day theme from 2021 to 2023 is "Creating hope through action," which aims to inspire hope and brightness in all of us by serving as a reminder that there are alternatives to suicide.

Through our actions, we may show those who are battling depression that there is hope and that we care about them and want to help them. It also means that our actions, no matter how big or small, might give hope to people who are struggling.

Finally, it emphasizes how important it is for countries to make suicide prevention a top public health priority, particularly in situations when access to mental health treatment and the availability of evidence-based interventions are already restricted.

Building on this theme and spreading this message over the next three years, a future with fewer suicides can be imagined. We can all help those who are in a suicidal crisis or who have lost a loved one to suicide as members of society, as kids, as parents, as friends, as coworkers, or as people with lived experience.

We can all raise awareness of the issue, provide aid to those in need, and share our personal stories. We may all share hope and light through our actions.