A Systematic Review of Suicide Prevention Strategies

Author(s):  
Khusnul Aini
2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (7) ◽  
pp. 646-659 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gil Zalsman ◽  
Keith Hawton ◽  
Danuta Wasserman ◽  
Kees van Heeringen ◽  
Ella Arensman ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi Hjelmeland ◽  
Katrina Jaworski ◽  
Birthe L. Knizek ◽  
Ian Marsh

Based on a 10-year systematic review of suicide prevention strategies, “29 suicide prevention experts from 17 European countries” recommend 4 allegedly evidence-based strategies to be included in national suicide prevention programs. One of the recommended strategies is pharmacological treatment of depression. This recommendation is problematic for several reasons. First, it is based on a biased selection and interpretation of available evidence. Second, the authors have failed to take into consideration the widespread corruption in the research on antidepressants. Third, the many and serious side effects of antidepressants are not considered. Thus, the recommendation may have deleterious consequences for countless numbers of people, and, in fact, contribute to an increase in the suicide rate rather than a decrease.


Author(s):  
Michael P. Wilson ◽  
Jaskiran Kaur ◽  
Lindsay Blake ◽  
Alison H. Oliveto ◽  
Ronald G. Thompson ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (13) ◽  
pp. 865-870 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn A Emery ◽  
Thierry-Olivier Roy ◽  
Jackie L Whittaker ◽  
Alberto Nettel-Aguirre ◽  
Willem van Mechelen

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haesoo Kim ◽  
Se Won Kwon ◽  
Yong Min Ahn ◽  
Hong Jin Jeon ◽  
Subin Park ◽  
...  

2003 ◽  
Vol 182 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Eagles ◽  
Dawn P. Carson ◽  
Annabel Begg ◽  
Simon A. Naji

BackgroundSuicide prevention strategies are usually formulated without seeking the views of people with psychiatric illnesses.AimsTo establish what helped patients with severe psychiatric illness when they felt suicidal.MethodA semi-structured interview was constructed following transcribed interviews with 12 patients. This was administered to 59 out-patients with serious and enduring mental illness, focusing on factors they found helpful or unhelpful when at their most despairing.ResultsThree-quarters of patients were in contact with psychiatric services when feeling at their lowest, and this contact was generally deemed to be helpful. Social networks were considered just as helpful as psychiatric services by the half of patients who discussed their feelings with friends or relatives. Religious beliefs and affiliations were helpful. Negative influences included the media and the stigma of psychiatric illness.ConclusionsEfforts at suicide prevention might usefully focus on enhancing patients' social networks, increasing the likelihood of early contact with psychiatric services and decreasing the stigma attached to psychiatric illness. Larger studies of patients exposed to different service models would be informative.


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