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Suicide Prevention Research

Research

There is still a lot to be learned about suicide and how effective the interventions that in place. Suicide prevention research evidence often only considers one of the known risks such as childhood trauma or a particular mental illness. However, just because a person may be at risk does not mean they will think about suicide. It is likely that a combination of risk factors impacts the likelihood that a person would consider suicide. Understanding the different risk factors can help us have a better idea of how we can help those at risk and who to direct our attention to. Below are a number of studies to help us better understand suicide at prevention level, intervention level, and the postvention level.


E-health, Journals, Evidence

Building Capacity to use e-Health in Maternal Newborn and Child Health Interventions

Program Evaluations

Capacity building in family health Innovative in-service training program for teams in Latin America

Suicide Prevention Research Evidence: Articles and Report

2020

CAMH Suicide-Prevention Review And Policy Recommendations

2018
Focusing on Hope

Strengthening The Capacity Of Community Health Workers To Deliver Care For Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child And Adolescent Health

2016

After a Student Suicide Toolkit

In The Wake Of Suicide: Developing Guidelines For Suicide Prevention In Fire Service

Suicide Prevention – Mental Health Commission of Canada

2015

The Lifekeeper Memory Quilt: Evaluation of a Suicide Postvention Program

2014

Exploring the Formal Supports Used by People Bereaved Through Suicide

From Suicide Survivor to Peer Counselor: Breaking the Silence of Suicide Bereavement

Identifying Suicide-Prevention Interventions: Rapid Synthesis

Suicide Bereavement and Postvention in Major Suicidology Journals
Suicide Prevention And Postvention Resources: What Psychiatry Residencies Can Learn From The Veteran’s Administration Experience

Suicide Prevention in Rural Communities: Perspectives From a Community of Practice

2013

Cost Effectiveness of a Community-Based Crisis Intervention Program for People Bereaved by Suicide

Development of a Scale to Assess Knowledge about Suicide Postvention using Item Response Theory

Suicide Prevention: First Nations & Inuit Health

2012

Building And Maintaining An Effective Campus-Wide Coalition For Suicide Prevention

Essential Questions On Suicide Bereavement And Postvention

Suicide Postvention: Coping, Support And Transformation

2011

Estimating the Population of Survivors of Suicide: Seeking an Evidence Base

The Impact of Solider Suicide on a Base in Afghanistan: Lessons for Prevention and Postvention

The Impact of Solider Suicide On A Base In Afghanistan: Lessons For Prevention And Postvention

What Do We Know about Needs for Help After Suicide in Different Parts of the World? 

2010

Suicide Postvention As Suicide Prevention: Improvement And Expansion In The United States

Toward Evidence-Based Suicide Prevention Programmes

2009

Current Approaches to Aboriginal Youth Suicide Prevention

Consumer participation: Ensuring suicide postvention research counts for end users

Optimizing Suicide Prevention Programs And Their Implementation in Europe 

2008

Advancing Prevention Research on the Role of Culture in Suicide Prevention

Cultural Considerations in Adolescent Suicide Prevention and Psychosocial Treatment

Cultural Considerations in Adolescent Suicide Prevention and Psychosocial Treatment

Cultural Considerations In Adolescent Suicide Prevention And Psychosocial Treatment

Effectiveness Of Brief Intervention And Contact For Suicide Attempters

Effectiveness Of Brief Intervention And Contact For Suicide Attempters: A Randomized Controlled Trial In Five Countries

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