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Suicidal behavior prevention: WHO perspectives on research.

Bertolote JM, Fleischmann A

Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. bertolotej@who.int

Suicide has been identified as a serious public health problem which is receiving increasing attention. Whereas a large number of Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) reports on suicide mortality, no systematic national data on attempted suicide exist. Having recognized the need for comparable information about attempted suicide across different countries and cultures, WHO's Multisite Intervention Study on Suicidal Behaviors is presented.

Published 26 January 2005 in Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet, 133(1): 8-12.
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