%0 Journal Article
%T Bringing the public health approach to the problem of suicide
%J Suicide and life-threatening behavior
%D 1998
%A Satcher, David
%V 28
%N 4
%P 325-327
%X Suicide and suicidal behavior are public health problems that should be addressed through a systematic public health approach. The need for such an approach can be found, for example, in Pierre, SD, where the suicide rate is 13 times the national rate; in the African American community, where the suicide rate among Black youths more than doubled between 1980 and 1995; and across the United States, where suicides outnumbered homicides in 1995. The U.S. Public Health Service is applying the public health approach to suicide by preparing the first-ever Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health, and by holding an October conference in Reno aimed at advancing a national strategy for suicide prevention.
%G 
%I John Wiley and Sons
%@ 0363-0234
%U http://dx.doi.org/