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1 - Translating Science into Action

from Section 1 - Suicide Prevention Overview

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2021

Christine Yu Moutier ,
Anthony R. Pisani  and
Stephen M. Stahl
Christine Yu Moutier
Affiliation:
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Anthony R. Pisani
Affiliation:
University of Rochester Medical Center, New York
Stephen M. Stahl
Affiliation:
University of California, San Diego
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Summary

The current scientifically informed view of suicide is that, while complex, suicide is a health-related outcome. Driven by a convergence of health factors along with other psychosocial and environmental factors, suicide risk is multifactorial. Like most health outcomes, a set of genetic, environmental, and psychological/behavioral factors are relevant. It is critically important that health professionals develop a current understanding of suicide as older views have permeated and clouded societal understanding leading to assumptions and judgment that have silenced generations of people suffering suicidal struggles or loss of a loved one to suicide.

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Suicide Prevention
Stahl's Handbooks
 , pp. 3 - 17
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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