Resource Tag: LOS ANGELES SUICIDE PREVENTION CENTER

The authors introduce this article by reviewing attitudes toward suicide throughout history & discussing the role attitudes played in the formation of the Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Center. The 5 aims of the Center are outlined–to save lives, to collect information about suicide, to provide a model for suicide programs, to provide information about suicide […]

The author discusses the complexity of suicide states in young people & presents intervention strategies that he feels are appropriate to different categories of adolescent suicide. The presience of learning disabilities among young adolescence is examined. High risk categories of the depressed are also discussed. Intervention, states Peck, must centre on the adolescent’s long-term belief […]

Substance abuse is the most important factor, after increasing age, associated with a fatal suicide outcome. The L.A. Suicide Prevention Centre became involved in a drug abuse treatment program in 1969 in response to this specific, ongoing problem.

This book provides practical information about the day-to-day operation of a crisis centre based on the authors experiences of establishing & running such a centre. Insights & experiences of both professionals & volunteers are provided. The book also includes source materials of benefit to lay & professional mental health workers in places other than the […]

Describes the development & operations of the L.A.S.P.C. nightwatch program, emphasizing the changing personnel, their selection, & their supervision. The educational level & sex of nightwatchers between 1963-1969 were compared. Special problems are noted: a) increase in number of calls; b) use of a private telephone to route calls to a worker’s home; c) isolation […]

A case study on suicide prevention developed through the author’s own personal experience. Throughout the chronology of what is a reflection of the development of suicide prevention services in California are dramatic illustrations of methodology in health education.(SIEC)

Discusses findings from the literature and from research at the Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Center concerning the problem of suicide in youth, ie., frequency, methods used, & circumstances & conditions existing at the time of a suicide attempt.

This address (1968) offers a rationale and background for suicide prevention services, drawing on a decade of experience at the Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Center. Training parameters are briefly outlined, including objectives, content, administration, gatekeepers, professionals and volunteers.(LS)

Reviewed 33 cases of suicide occurring in general medical & neuropsychiatric hospitals for diagnostic & demographic characteristics & probable causes. Proportionately fewer suicides were found than would be expected from the percentage of older patients in both hospital populations, especially neuropsychiatric hospitals. Older callers to a community agency (e.g. suicide prevention centre) were also proportionately […]

Dr. Farberow examines trends in all aspects of suicide by comparing data from the bibliography of Suicide & Suicide Prevention (NC for MHI) for the period 1897-1970 with that of the 3-year period 1971-73. From his examination of this data, grouped into general research, special populations & assessment & prediction, he concludes that areas of […]