Reducing Suicide Without Affecting Underlying Mental Health: Theoretical Underpinnings and a Review of the Evidence Base Linking the Availability of Lethal Means and Suicide

The International Handbook of Suicide Prevention: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 637-662

  Azrael, Deborah ^a   Miller, Matthew J ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Household firearm ownership; Mental health; Sri Lanka; Suicide prevention; Suicide risk factors; Toxic pesticides

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018084532     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118903223.ch36     Document Type: Chapter

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