AIM This study examines, from multiple perspectives, the risk factors associated with, and the social background of, individuals committing suicide in Japan. Effective suicide prevention measures are also proposed. METHOD An analysis of the risk factors for suicide, including the social background of suicide victims, suicide statistics, municipality surveys, interview surveys with bereaved fa...

Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Hong Kong Jockey Club Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Injury Control Research Center for Suicide Prevention and Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA VA Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention, Can...

Globally, authorities and “experts” continually assert that suicide is a major public health concern and it is preventable. However, decades of suicide prevention strategies have seen “more of the same” action plans but no change in the upward suicide trend. Therefore, the current suicide prevention model is less relevant to indigenous and minority populations with a high suicide rate. Current ...

Suicide Prevention Austria (SUPRA) is a package of measures which should help the Austrian ministry of health to realize an evidence based suicide prevention program. That such a program is indispensible can be seen on the fact that suicide is on the second position as cause of death in male Austrians up to the age of forty. The concept itself summarizes successful national programs which fit t...

OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that people bereaved by suicide are less likely to receive formal or informal support than people bereaved by other causes of sudden death. DESIGN National cross-sectional study. SETTING Adults working or studying at any UK higher education institution (HEI) in 2010. PARTICIPANTS A total of 3432 eligible respondents aged 18-40 years bereaved by the sudden ...

This article discusses the evaluation of Stop Suicide, a regional association active in youth suicide prevention in Switzerland. The first part of the article presents and discusses the activities of Stop Suicide and its national context, characterized by an absence of a general national suicide prevention program. The second part specifically focuses on the evaluation of Stop Suicide, based on...