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008			250312042013GB eng
020			_a9781412851695
037			_bTaylor & Francis _cGBP 45.99 _fBB
040			_a01
041			_aeng
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072	7		_aJHB _2bic
072	7		_aMED105000 _2bisac
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072	7		_a362.287 _2bisac
100	1		_aRonald V. Clarke
245	1	0	_aSuicide _bClosing the Exits
250			_a1
260			_aOxford _bRoutledge _c20130430
300			_a151 p
520			_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.
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