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Norway was among the first countries to develop a national strategy for suicide prevention in the 90's. However, since 2002 Norway has not had a comprehensive national action plan for suicide prevention. Thus, an important milestone was reached when the action plan for prevention of suicide and self-harm (2014-2017) was published earlier this year. This paper pro- vides a short overview of the structure and content of the action plan. The author underlines the importance of what de- cisions will be made with regard to new initiatives and that these initiatives are carried out with sufficient depth and anchoring. Four areas are presented and discussed in terms of how the initiatives can be expanded or elaborated: a) initiatives to lower the threshold for seeking help, b) initiatives to promote mental health and coping in school, c) initiatives to improve access to know- ledge-based treatments and d) initiatives for better monitoring of suicidal behaviour and self-harm

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