Posted on February 20, 2008 by sjennings29
Preventing Suicide in Prisons, Part II: International Comparisons of Suicide Prevention Services in Correctional Facilities. Crisis: Journal of Crisis Intervention & Suicide. 28(3):122-130, 2007.
Abstract: The International Association for Suicide Prevention created a Task Force on Suicide in Prisons to better disseminate the information in this domain. One of its objectives was to summarize suicide-prevention [...]
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Posted on February 20, 2008 by sjennings29
Preventing Suicide in Prisons, Part I: Recommendations from the International Association for Suicide Prevention Task Force on Suicide in Prisons. Crisis: Journal of Crisis Intervention & Suicide. 28(3):113-121, 2007.
Abstract: In 2000 the Department of Mental Health of the World Health Organization (WHO)published a guide named Preventing Suicide. A Resource for Prison Officers as part [...]
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Posted on February 20, 2008 by sjennings29
Restricting Access to Methods of Suicide: Rationale and Evaluation of this Approach to Suicide Prevention, Crisis 2007; Vol. 28(Suppl. 1):4–9
Keith Hawton, Centre for Suicide Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, UK
Abstract: Abstract. Restriction of access to means for suicidal behavior, especially dangerous methods, is a key element in most national suicide prevention strategies. [...]
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