Problematic Advice From Suicide Prevention Experts
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Canada suicide prevention efforts lagging, experts say.
international spotlight on suicide, Canada still doesn’t have a national strategy for suicide prevention. More than one million people around the world die by suicide each year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Suicide is also one of the top 10 leading causes of death in Canada, accounting for some 4000 deaths annually. Canadian experts were among the first to call attention to...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1559-4343,1938-9000
DOI: 10.1891/1559-4343.20.2.79