National Strategy for Suicide Prevention

The recommendations of the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention were developed independently from the recommendations of the conference report on children s mental health, yet the two sets of recommendations are highly consistent with each other. The recommendations for strategies to decrease suicide rates represent concrete examples of how the more general recommendations of the conference report on children s mental health can be operationalized. Training of school personnel, use of evidence-based programs, and enhancing access to... 

U.S. Public Health Service (2001). National strategy for suicide prevention Goals and objectives for action. Rockville, MD U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 

National Strategy for Suicide Prevention (2001). Goals and objectives for action, SMAOl-3517, www.mentalhealth.org/suicideprevention,... 

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