Resources for Preventing Suicide (IN: Suicide: The Gamble With Death, by Gene Lester and David Lester)

Prevention strategies are discussed with reference to the role of family & friends, professional help, & suicide prevention centres. Assumptions underlying suicide prevention are reviewed, & issues regarding the right to die are examined briefly. The book’s conclusion lists 11 facts about suicide that research has supported, & validates clinical experience as an important source of information about suicide. (LH)