Suicide Prevention Strategies: Case Studies from across the Globe

International Handbook of Suicide Prevention: Research, Policy and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 473-485

  Hadlaczky, Gergö ^a   Wasserman, Danuta ^b,c   Hoven, Christina W ^d   Mandell, Donald J ^f   Wasserman, Camilla ^g  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c WHO Lead Collaborating Centre on Suicide Prevention   (United States)

^d

^e United States

^f Department of Medicine   (United States)

^g NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Familiar primary, secondary and tertiary models of suicide prevention; Mental Health Declaration and the Green Paper EU conference, 'European Pact for Mental Health and Well being' adopted by 27 EU member states; Model of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention discouraging, or interfering with completion of suicides; Positive effects, from synergistic efforts in multi level preventive efforts; Purpose of indicated prevention treating individuals, exhibiting signs of suicidal behaviour; Selective prevention strategies targeting population sub sets, at risk for suicide; Suicide Prevention Programmes and Actions across the Globe WHO and EU; Suicide prevention, bringing evidence, policy and practice suicide prevention strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886219632     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119998556.ch27     Document Type: Chapter

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