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Reducing Suicide: A National Imperative
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.2870973
EAN: 9780309083218
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0309083214
Label: National Academies Press
Manufacturer: National Academies Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 516
Publication Date: October 01, 2002
Publisher: National Academies Press
Studio: National Academies Press
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(Institute of Medicine) Report of the Committee on Pathophysiology and Prevention of Adolescent and Adult Suicide Board on Neuroscience and Behavioral Health. Explores the factors raising a person's risk of suicide and reviews the effectiveness of existing interventions. Presents lessons learned from a variety of suicide prevention initiatives. For policy makers, researchers, and clinicians.
Every year, about 30,000 people die by suicide in the U.S., and some 650,000 receive emergency treatment after a suicide attempt. Often, those most at risk are the least able to access professional help.Reducing Suicide provides a blueprint for addressing this tragic and costly problem: how we can build an appropriate infrastructure, conduct needed research, and improve our ability to recognize suicide risk and effectively intervene. Rich in data, the book also strikes an intensely personal chord, featuring compelling quotes about people’s experience with suicide. The book explores the factors that raise a person’s risk of suicide: psychological and biological factors including substance abuse, the link between childhood trauma and later suicide, and the impact of family life, economic status, religion, and other social and cultural conditions. The authors review the effectiveness of existing interventions, including mental health practitioners’ ability to assess suicide risk among patients. They present lessons learned from the Air Force suicide prevention program and other prevention initiatives. And they identify barriers to effective research and treatment.This new volume will be of special interest to policy makers, administrators, researchers, practitioners, and journalists working in the field of mental health.
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