Saving Lives Through Suicide Prevention and Intervention

Suicide, as the 10th leading cause of death in the United States, is a major public health concern (Hedegaard et al., 2018). Reducing the national rate of suicide in the United States is one of the primary objectives of Healthy People 2020, an initiative that provides 10-year goals and objectives to guide federal, state, and local resources in improving the nation’s health (Bolin et al., 2015; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2019). Occupational therapy practitioners can help