Year: 2004 Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, v.109, no.1, (January 2004), p.80 SIEC No: 20041062

This comment briefly reviews the book, “Suicide Prevention. Meeting the Challenge Together,” edited by L Vijayakumar. The reviewer describes the background to the book, which is comprised of papers presented at the XXI Congress of the International Association for Suicide Prevention. The unique Asian perspective of suicide presented in the book is highlighted.