ReviewBMJ (Clinical research ed.)1994
Prevention of suicide: aspirations and evidence.
Review in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 1994. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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67 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Psychosocial interventions for self-harm in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- Pharmacological interventions for self-harm in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Lithium for maintenance treatment of mood disorders.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2001Pooled it
- Deliberate self harm: systematic review of efficacy of psychosocial and pharmacological treatments in preventing repetition.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 1998Pooled it
- Effect of Systematic Follow-Up by General Practitioners after Deliberate Self-Poisoning: A Randomised Controlled Trial.PloS one · 2015Trial
- Gender and family disparities in suicide attempt and role of socioeconomic, school, and health-related difficulties in early adolescence.BioMed research international · 2014Trial
- Effectiveness of brief intervention and contact for suicide attempters: a randomized controlled trial in five countries.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2008Trial
- General practice based intervention to prevent repeat episodes of deliberate self harm: cluster randomised controlled trial.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2002Trial
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- Effective Programs on Suicide Prevention: Combination of Review of Systematic Reviews with Expert Opinions.International journal of preventive medicine · 2022Review
- Problems with Suicidal Behavior Prevention in Adolescents: a Narrative Literature Review.Consortium psychiatricum · 2022Review
- Suicidality risk among adults with binge-eating disorder.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2021Article
- From Suicide Due to an Economic-Financial Crisis to the Management of Entrepreneurial Health: Elements of a Biographical Change Management Service and Clinical Implications.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
- Smartphone Applications for Mindfulness Interventions with Suicidality in Asian Older Adults: A Literature Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Review
- School-based gatekeeper training programmes in enhancing gatekeepers' cognitions and behaviours for adolescent suicide prevention: a systematic review.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2018Review
- Association between Suicide Ideation and Attempts and Being an Immigrant among Adolescents, and the Role of Socioeconomic Factors and School, Behavior, and Health-Related Difficulties.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016Article
- Differences between Impulsive and Non-Impulsive Suicide Attempts among Individuals Treated in Emergency Rooms of South Korea.Psychiatry investigation · 2016Article
- Better treatment for depression.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2015Article
- Suicide Prevention.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2014Article
7 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
The Health of the Nation white paper set a target for 15% reduction in overall suicide rates by the year 2000. If the targets are to be achieved interventions must be identified which are of proved effectiveness. This paper examines the evidence on the available interventions and points of access to the population at risk. No single intervention has been shown in a well conducted randomised controlled trial to reduce suicide. The greatest potential seems to arise from limiting the availability of methods. In particular it is likely that the introduction of the catalytic convertor will lead to reduced lethality of care exhausts and reductions in suicide using this method. General practitioner education programmes, the effectiveness of lithium and maintenance antidepressants, and limits on the quantity of medicines available over the counter or on prescription should all be evaluated. Particular high risk groups include people recently discharged from psychiatric hospitals and those with a history of parasuicide. Many social processes affect suicide rates and these rather than specific interventions may help or hinder the ability to realise the Health of the Nation targets. Well conducted trials are essential to distinguish complex social processes from the effects of specific interventions for suicide prevention. This review of the available evidence offers little support for the aspiration that the posited targets can be achieved on the basis of current knowledge and current policy.
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