Chapter
Prevention, Intervention, Postvention (IN: Suicide Across the Life Span – Premature Exits, ed. by J M Stillion, E E McDowell & J H May)
Stillion J M~~McDowell E E~~May J H
The authors assert preventive measures, especially education programs, are necessary. They also suggest that social conditions, such as the availability of lethal weapons, & the stigma attached to seeking help for suicidal ideation, must be addressed. They discuss the Samaritan program & the American model of crisis intervention. For postvention techniques, they describe the psychological autopsy, & the need to work with suicide survivors. They assert that good postvention equals prevention.