Community crisis intervention in suicide epidemics.

Evaluation of the effectiveness of a community-based crisis intervention program for people bereaved by suicide

The Effects of the Use of “No-Suicide Contracts” in Community Crisis Situations: The Experience of Clinicians and Consumers

patients and nine nurses were interviewed to explore both how NSCs affect clinical outcomes and how suicidal persons experience their usage. The results suggest that suicide management decisions may be negatively affected and that some patients find the use of the tool to be unhelpful. While further research is needed, the results of this study suggest that careful consideration be given before...

In Thought, Word, and Deed: Suicidal Behaviors of Adjudicated Youth

settings: incarcerated youth (n = 83) and youth with community service sentences (n = 144). The incarcerated sample reported 51% suicide ideation while the community sample reported 22%. For both samples, suicide contemplators were quite likely (60–70%) to have a suicide plan, while about 35% reported a suicide attempt in the past 12 months. Contemplators were distinguishable from noncontemplat...

Review: evidence is lacking about suicide prevention in young people.

Main results Risk factors for suicide include psychopathology, a family history of psychopathology or suicide, adverse life events, abuse and poor socio-economic circumstances. Protective factors include family cohesion and religious belief. Schools based prevention programmes: limited evidence supports training of school staff to recognise students at risk of suicide, and crisis intervention a...

Prevention of suicide in Singapore.

Suicide prevention is an important public health issue. 1 In Singapore where the suicide rate has been relatively stable at 9.8 to13 per 100,000 over the last 5 decades, roughly 350 to 400 people kill themselves each year. 2 The impetus to suicide is infl uenced by a combination of factors including the individual's personality traits and coping mechanisms, concurrent life events and stressors,...