Citation

Caine ED. Am. J. Public Health 2013; 103(5): 822-829.

Affiliation

Eric D. Caine is with the Injury Control Research Center for Suicide Prevention and the Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, and the VA Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention, Canandaigua, NY.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, American Public Health Association)

DOI

10.2105/AJPH.2012.301078

PMID

23488515

Abstract

Suicide prevention must be transformed by integrating injury prevention and mental health perspectives to develop a mosaic of common risk public health interventions that address the diversity of populations and individuals whose mortality and morbidity contribute to the burdens of suicide and attempted suicide. Emphasizing distal preventive interventions, strategies must focus on people and places-and on related interpersonal factors and social contexts-to alter the life trajectories of people before they become suicidal. Attention also must be paid to those in the middle years-the age with the greatest overall burden. We need scientific and social processes that define priorities and assess their potential for reducing what has been a steadily increasing rate of suicide during the past decade. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print March 14, 2013: e1-e8. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2012.301078).

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