Preventing suicide: a resource for non-fatal suicidal behaviour case registration

Overview

The objective of this booklet is to advocate for taking non-fatal suicidal behaviour more seriously and to put it on the agenda, as it has been overshadowed by death from suicide or forgotten about altogether. However, non-fatal suicidal behaviour needs to find its place in registration systems as well as in any planning and shaping of health care and suicide prevention efforts due to its relevance as a risk factor for suicide and the suffering it causes to individuals, families, and communities. It is not an easy, but a complex task to register cases of non-fatal suicidal behaviour which should not be an excuse for not making every effort to capture it as much as possible.