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Suicide Prevention Articles & Reports

2018

Focusing on Hope

 

2016


Suicide Prevention. Mental Health Commission of Canada (2016). 

2014


Identifying Suicide-Prevention Interventions: Rapid Synthesis. McMaster Health Forum (2014).

Suicide Prevention and Postvention Resources: What Psychiatry Residencies Can Learn from the Veteran’s Administration Experience. Pheister, M. (2014).

Suicide Prevention in Rural Communities: Perspectives From a Community of Practice. Varia, S.G., Ebin, J. & Stout, E. R. (2014).

2013


Preventing suicide and self-harm. Scottish Government (2013).

Suicide Prevention. Health Canada: First Nations & Inuit Health. (2013).

2012


For which strategies of suicide prevention is there evidence of effectiveness?: HEN Synthesis Report. WHO (2012). 

Essential Questions on Suicide Bereavement and Postvention. Andriessen, K. & Krysinska, K. (2012).

Suicide postvention; coping, support and transformation. Trimble, T., Hannigan, B. & Gaffney, M. (2012).

Building and Maintaining an Effective Campus-Wide Coalition for Suicide Prevention. Kaslow, N.J. et al. (2012).

2011


The Impact of Solider Suicide on a Base in Afghanistan: Lessons for Prevention and Postvention. Mann, J.J. (2011).

2010


Toward Evidence-based Suicide Prevention Programmes. World Health Organization: Western Pacific Region (2010). 

Suicide Postvention as Suicide Prevention: Improvement and Expansion in the United States. Aguirre, R.T.P. & Slater, H. (2010).

2009


Current Approaches to Aboriginal Youth Suicide Prevention. Kirmayer, L. J. et al. (2009). 

Optimizing Suicide Prevention Programs and Their Implementation in Europe (OSPI Europe): an evidence-based multi-level approach. Hegerl, U. et al. (2009). 

2008


Advancing Prevention Research on the Role of Culture in Suicide Prevention. Joe, S. et al. (2008).

Cultural Considerations in Adolescent Suicide Prevention and Psychosocial Treatment. Goldston, D. B. et al. (2008)

2007


Men at risk suicide prevention program evaluation: Literature Review. Meyers Norris Penny LLP (2007).

2003


Risk of suicide and related adverse outcomes after exposure to a suicide prevention programme in the US Air Force: cohort study. Knox, K. L. et al. (2003). 

2001


Best Practice Elements of Multilevel Suicide Prevention Strategies A Review of Systematic Reviews. van der Feltz-Cornelis, C. M. et al. (2001).

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