New Study Reveals Suicide Prevention Failures and Big Pharma's Role

Failure of Current Suicide Prevention Methods

• 💡 A new study indicates that suicide prevention for young people does not work, with mental health professionals lacking data to prove its efficacy.
• ⚠️ The approach has been described as experimenting on children in real-time, while suicide rates among youth have paradoxically increased.
• 🎯 Current methods analyzed, including cognitive behavioral therapy, social-based programs, medication, crisis lines, and gatekeeper training, showed no reduction in suicide rates.

Social Contagion and Media Influence

• 🧠 The concept of social contagion in suicide and violence is well-established, with psychologists aware of this for decades but often ignoring the data.
• 📰 Media reports of suicide have been shown to increase incidents, a phenomenon recognized by news outlets that often have rules against covering suicides to avoid romanticization.
• 📚 Studies, like those referenced in Abigail Shrier's book "Bad Therapy," demonstrate the virality of suicide and self-harm through media exposure.

Questionable Practices and Drug Side Effects

• 🩺 Schools and medical professionals are increasingly asking children direct questions about suicide and self-harm, potentially suggesting ideas that might not have otherwise been considered.
• ⚠️ A significant factor ignored by some analyses is the known side effect of suicidality associated with antidepressant drugs (SSRIs), which are increasingly prescribed to young people.
• 🏛️ Government bodies like the HHS and CDC are beginning to examine the potential link between SSRIs, other psychoactive drugs, and mass violence or self-harm.

Parental Concerns and Government Overreach

• 🚫 Parents are advised to refuse school surveys and mental health conversations that could lead to government tracking and record-keeping on children.
• ⚖️ The law allows refusal of medical treatment but not mental health treatment, raising concerns about government power if an individual is deemed a mental health risk.
• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 The emphasis on children policing their friends for signs of distress places undue guilt on peers, shifting responsibility away from adults who should own these issues.

Call for New Approaches

• 🚀 The authors of the JAMAMA study suggest the need for novel, developmentally and trauma-informed treatments and multi-level interventions.
• 🚩 There is a call for those who failed to prevent suicide, and may have exacerbated the problem, not to be the ones devising future solutions, especially if they ignore key factors like social contagion and antidepressant side effects.