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New approaches to preventing suicide: a manual for practitioners
- Editors:
- DUFFY David, RYAN Tony
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 382p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Written by front line professionals in the fields of nursing, mental health, prison services and the law, this text is an essential companion to the government's new suicide prevention strategy. The contributors offer a practical guidance on issues such as risk assessment and management in a range of settings, policy and the legal framework around suicide. Exploring the links between self-harm and suicide, the authors present international approaches to training in suicide prevention for professionals and preventative initiatives targeting wider communities. They debate the legality and morality of assisted self-harm and analyse the rate and causes of suicide among specific groups, including Black and minority ethnic groups, people in custody and people with mental illnesses. This manual provides health, social care and criminal justice professionals with information needed to make a positive contribution to suicide prevention in institutional and community settings.