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Suicide from a public health perspective /
It is globally agreed that suicide is a preventable and unnecessary death. Suicide is often referred to as a public health concern, but for prevention purposes, it is classified under mental health. Despite a large volume of research, only in recent years has there been an official acknowledgement o...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hauppauge, New York :
Nova Science Publishers, Inc.,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Health and Human Development (Joav Merrick - Series Editor - National Institute of Child Health and.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | It is globally agreed that suicide is a preventable and unnecessary death. Suicide is often referred to as a public health concern, but for prevention purposes, it is classified under mental health. Despite a large volume of research, only in recent years has there been an official acknowledgement of the complexity of suicide, but the whole issue of suicide including research, intervention and prevention remains firmly under the control of the mental health act in most Western countries. There is no statistical evidence to support mental illness and depression as the main causes of suicide. Ho. |
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| Notas: | Includes index. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9781629485379 1629485373 |