Resource Tag: INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIES

Suicide is a serious global public health issue. It is among the top twenty leading causes of death worldwide, with more deaths due to suicide than to malaria, breast cancer, or war and homicide. Close to 800 000 people die by suicide every year. The reduction of suicide mortality has been prioritized by the World […]

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This paper discusses a few milestones in the internationalization of suicide prevention strategies, emphasizing the role of the International Association for Suicide Prevention & the International Academy for Suicide Research. The core of the discussion is the relatively recent involvement of the United Nations, particularly through their ad hoc branch. A brief description is given […]

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This paper presents the protocol of a European research project that will be used to develop an optimized, evidence-based program for suicide prevention. The intervention will be evaluated using a prospective controlled design with the primary outcomes being composite suicidal acts (fatal & non-fatal), & with intermediate outcomes being the effect of training programs, changes […]

The phrase “think globally, plan nationally, act locally” was borrowed from the environmental movement & used as the theme for World Suicide Prevention Day, 2008. This pamphlet seeks to: develop global awareness of suicide as a major preventable cause of premature death; describe the political leadership & policy frameworks for suicide prevention provided by national […]

Self-poisoning with pesticides accounts for about a third of all suicides worldwide. To tackle this problem, the World Health Organization announced a global public health initative in the second half of 2005. Planned approaches were to range from government regulatory action to the development of new treatments for pesticide poisoning. With broad-based support, this strategy […]

Green Paper #COM(2005) 484 Final.

This letter to the editor is a remark on the actions of the International Association for Suicide Prevention over the past 10 years. The narrator describes her efforts as a member of the organization, the case of a young male who died by suicide in a small village, & the development of the Association to […]

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In this editorial, Goldney, the president of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) describes the creation of the Adelaide Declaration on Suicide Prevention. This declaration is a brief statement meant to convey the importance of suicide & its consequences worldwide. In this declaration the World Health Organization’s 6 basic steps for suicide prevention are […]