01762    a2200253   4500001001100000005001700011008003900028020001800067037003600085040000700121041000800128072001500136072001300151072002100164072002100185072001900206100002100225245003100246250000600277260003200283300001000315520116800325999001501493141285169620250317100417.0250312042013GB                   eng    a9781412851695  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 45.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aJHB2thema7 aJHB2bic7 aMED1050002bisac7 aSOC0260002bisac7 a362.2872bisac1 aRonald V. Clarke10aSuicidebClosing the Exits  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20130430  a151 p  bSuicide prevention is a major goal of the Public Health Service of the US government. This has been the case since the 1960s when the National Institute of Mental Health established a center for the study and prevention of suicide. Since then, however, the knowledge and research gathered has not bought about the reduction of suicide. Suicide: Closing the Exits was written to change this trend. This book reports a program of research concerned with preventing suicide by restricting access to lethal agents, such as guns, drugs, and carbon monoxide. It may seem implausible that deeply unhappy people could be prevented from killing themselves by "closing the exits," but the idea is not a new one and has been discussed widely in the literature. The authors argue that restricting access to lethal agents should be considered a major preventive strategy, along with the psychiatric treatment of depressed and suicidal individuals and the establishment of suicide prevention centers to counsel those in crisis. Suicide represents a major contribution to the literature. As such, it should be read by all medical practitioners, policy makers, and psychologists.  c3059d3059