Pamphlet
Response to the Discussion Paper of the Suicide Prevention Provincial Advisory Committee
Canadian Mental Health Association. Alberta Division
The response provides the history & background of the Alberta model of suicide prevention; an overview & critique of the SPPAC discussion paper, & 6 recommendations for improving the model’s application, 3 of which are as follows: that the SPPAC commission an independent evaluation of the model & commission independent experts to rewrite it; additional funds be sought from government, private, & community sources; & an Alberta Institute for Suicide be founded. (GW)