TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - Bringing the public health approach to the problem of suicide
JO  - Suicide and life-threatening behavior
A1  - Satcher, David
SP  - 325
EP  - 327
VL  - 28
IS  - 4
N2  - 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.
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SN  - 0363-0234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -