%0 Journal Article
%T The effectiveness of suicide prevention centers
%J Suicide and life-threatening behavior
%D 1993
%A Lester, David
%V 23
%N 3
%P 263-267
%X The presence of suicide prevention centers in a state in 1970 was negatively associated with changes in the suicide rate from 1970 to 1980 in the USA, indicating a preventive effect from suicide prevention centers. This effect, though weak, was consistently found for most demographic subgroups of the population and when a strong social correlate of suicide rates (divorce rates) was taken into account by means of multiple regression analysis.
%G 
%I John Wiley and Sons
%@ 0363-0234
%U http://dx.doi.org/