TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Effective strategies for suicide prevention in New Zealand: a review of the evidence
JO  - New Zealand medical journal
A1  - Beautrais, Annette
A1  - Fergusson, David
A1  - Coggan, C.
A1  - Collings, Catherine
A1  - Doughty, Carolyn
A1  - Ellis, Pete
A1  - Hatcher, S.
A1  - Horwood, Jeremy
A1  - Merry, Sally
A1  - Mulder, Roger
A1  - Poulton, Richie
A1  - Surgenor, Lois
SP  - U2459
EP  - U2459
VL  - 120
IS  - 1251
N2  - A national suicide prevention strategy for New Zealand was developed in 2006. There is relatively little strong evidence for the efficacy of many existing suicide prevention initiatives, and this area has frequently been captured by strong claims about the effectiveness of programmes that have not been adequately evaluated. This paper provides a conceptual framework for classifying suicide prevention initiatives, reviews evidence for their effectiveness, and makes recommendations for initiatives to be undertaken as part of suicide prevention activities in New Zealand. The available evidence thus far suggests that the most promising interventions likely to be effective in reducing suicidal behaviours are medical practitioner and gatekeeper education, and restriction of access to lethal means of suicide. This evidence also suggests a clear agenda for research, which includes evaluating interventions and prevention programmes, developing model and demonstration projects, identifying meaningful outcome measures, and refining and identifying the critical elements of effective programmes.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0028-8446
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -