Common guiding principles
From this understanding of suicidality, the joint strategy lays out 10 common guiding principles as follows:
- Engaged and enabled leadership that know, and demonstrate concern for, CAF members’ and Veterans’ well-being and work to create strong support networks is critical to success;
- Good mental health and well-being is critical to suicide prevention;
- Unlimited Liability of military service implies a social contract between CAF members and Veterans, and the Government of Canada;
- Suicide prevention will be integrated with other strategic efforts;
- A sense of belonging and a sense of purpose protect against suicide;
- A holistic approach is essential to suicide prevention;
- Resilient CAF members make resilient Veterans;
- Morale and welfare are incorporated into training, employment and transition systems;
- Suicide prevention is a shared responsibility of individuals, health care providers, colleagues and leaders; and,
- The well-being of the family is key to the well-being of CAF members and Veterans.
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