Developing and Implementing a National Strategy for Suicide Prevention – the Norwegian Experience

The Norwegian national strategy for suicide prevention, the second of its kind in the world, launched in 1994, has been developed through several phases over the last decade. Although a main focus has been put on health-related measures, a range of additional arenas for suicide prevention have been targeted, including educational programmes, public information, restriction of access to suicide methods, & postvention. This paper briefly presents some of the activities that have taken place. (3 refs.)