Why is the government interested in making suicide harder and harder?

[creirwy]

Unfortunately suicide is not all about health...

Some people kill themselves for other problems that cannot solve, or that come directly from the government (think of debts, for example)...

True, it's not the root of the problem, but I think before someone kills themselves over being in debt, they come to a certain state of mind where they feel completely helpless, which could perhaps be averted by proper medical support.

 

[willitpass]

Because it's easier to throw a bandaid on it and say they are solving the suicide problem by getting rid of methods than it is to address the root causes of suicide. If they addressed mental health care accessibility, poverty, homelessness, drug addiction, and other highly prevalent issues that often lead to suicide then they would see suicide and mental illness rates drop. But that takes a lot more time, effort, money, and commitment than slapping the suicide hotline on billboards and making methods harder to obtain. The latter option is cheaper and allows the government to claim they are working on the mental health crisis without having to put any true effort into any of it.