The words we use to talk about suicide can help or hurt efforts to reduce stigma around the crisis.
When it comes to reducing stigma around suicide, not treating it as the elephant in the room is helpful, say mental health experts. But it’s not just talking about it that matters, it’s also about what you say and how you say it — which is why some have moved away from saying “committed suicide” and other phrases that can have harmful consequences.
Debunking myths about suicide helps encourage compassion and understanding Stigmatizing language about suicide can also cement ideas that people who attempted or died by suicide, when compared with everyone else, are broken, disabled, less than or different in some way, experts said.
People who attempt suicide might show signs early on. Here’s what to watch for It was around then that the Alberta Mental Health Board, as part of its provincial suicide prevention strategy, addressed harmful standard terms and suggested alternatives, according to Canada’s Centre for Suicide Prevention. The center publicly supported this in 2011, saying educating those in power — such as the media, academia and educators — would be key in efforts to change the language overall.
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