The Volunteer Suicidologist: Current Status and Future Prospects (IN: Suicidology: Contemporary Developments, ed. by E S Shneidman)

Noting that the volunteer suicidologist has become a vital component of the suicide prevention scene throughout the world, this chapter reviews the current state of the use of volunteers & attempts to focus attention on some of the possibilities which are emerging for the maximum utilization of volunteers in the future. The discussion includes information about the development of performance criterion measures for volunteer crisis workers. (31 refs.) (LH)