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Most leaders understand that suicide prevention matters.
But when it comes time to fund training, build a peer support program, or make the case to the executive team, compassion often needs numbers behind it.
In this solo mini-sode of At Work, Under Pressure, Jessi Beyer breaks down 10 suicide prevention statistics every HR professional and business leader should know. This episode is designed as an educational resource for leaders who care about their people, but need a clearer business case for investing in workplace suicide prevention.
Jessi explains why suicide prevention cannot be reduced to an EAP referral, why serious suicidal ideation is more common than many leaders realize, and how the costs of suicide, suicide attempts, emergency care, nonfatal self-harm, lost productivity, absenteeism, and coworker postvention can show up across an organization.
In this episode, Jessi discusses:
- Why 4% of Americans seriously consider suicide each year
- How many people will personally know someone who dies by suicide
- Why surviving a suicide attempt often means there is real hope
- How many Americans die by suicide annually
- Why primary care, not mental health care, is often where people show up first
- Why an EAP is a resource, not a complete suicide prevention strategy
- How suicide prevention education and peer support programs can produce measurable ROI
This episode is for HR leaders, executives, managers, safety professionals, wellness leaders, and anyone trying to make the case for suicide prevention before crisis hits.
Because the question is not whether suicide risk exists in your workforce.
It is whether your organization is prepared to respond before “it hasn’t happened yet” becomes reality.