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Volume 2, Issue 1
1 March 2000
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The British Journal of Forensic Practice
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Review Article| March 01 2000

Policy and Practice in Suicide Prevention

Rachel Jenkins;
Rachel Jenkins
Institute of Psychiatry
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Bruce Singh
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University of Melbourne
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2042-8340
Print ISSN: 1463-6646
© MCB UP Limited
2000
The British Journal of Forensic Practice (2000) 2 (1): 3–11.
https://doi.org/10.1108/14636646200000002

Governments have increasingly directed attention to reducing mortality and morbidity due to a variety of causes. This paper provides an international review of policy and practice in suicide prevention. The role of national policies and practice are outlined and discussed. The value of a co‐ordinated approach to reducing the burden of disease due to suicide and parasuicide is stressed.

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