Estimating the Effectiveness of Interventions to Prevent Youth Suicides

The authors describe the use of a model to analyze the effectiveness of 6 major types of interventions for decreasing youth suicide, & the use of a questionnaire to solicit the estimates of experts about factors that determine the effectiveness of those interventions. Examined were: affective education, early identification, school-based screening programs, crisis centres & hotlines, improved training of caregivers, & restricted access to firearms, medications, & high places. 13 Refs. (NBB)