Lock it Up
16% of Virginians surveyed in the 2020 Community Needs Assessment reported seriously considering suicide.*
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Lock It Up Southside
Kenan Tyner-Smith
Prevention Coordinator
Southside Behavioral Health
434-572-6916 Ext. 1550
ksmith@southsidebh.org
Reasons to Lock It Up
Emergency visits for suicide attempts/ideations rose 3.5x between 2015 & 2018.*
Access to a firearm is the #1 attributing factor to suicide in Virginia.*
Opioid overdose deaths more than doubled between 2017 & 2018.*
24% of individuals who attempt suicide take action within 5 minutes.**
*Statistics are for Southside Virginia and are from the:
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