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- Title
A Review of the Application and Effectiveness of Suicide Prevention Strategies and Interventions.
- Authors
Masumian, Samira; Siahkamari, Esfandiar
- Abstract
Introduction: According to the World Health Organization, 800000 people die from suicide every year worldwide, accounting for about 14 percent of all deaths per year. The World Health Organization has estimated that about one suicide per minute and one suicide attempt per every three seconds occur in the world. This condition is so shocking as to make researchers and mental health professionals try to identify effective strategies and interventions to reduce the suicide rate. The purpose of this study is to review the strategies and interventions of effective psychotherapy in preventing the suicide rate. Review of the study: Despite the lack of enough information to support the effectiveness of health strategies and interventions in preventing suicide, relevant studies demonstrate the promising use of some strategies and interventions in psychotherapy. Some preventive strategies include school-based trainings for students, training primary health care providers in screening people at risk, offering media-based education, and limiting access to firearms. From among the effective psychiatric interventions, one can allude to dialectic, behavioral and cognitive-behavioral therapy. It can also be asserted that due to the inability of the individuals who commit suicide in solving problems, regulating their emotions, and the sharp decrease in their motivation and social activities, some therapies that emphasize therapeutic protocols based on the three cognitive, behavioral and dialectic methods can help such people improve their conditions. Conclusion: Despite the fact that a large volume of studies have been focusing on identifying risk factors and suicide prevention methods, and although studies suggest that some strategies and suicide prevention interventions are promising, to determine more precisely the effectiveness of such strategies and interventions, a more rigorous scientific methodology will be required. Therefore, given the special ethical sensitivities in preventing suicide, it seems that the responsibility of future researchers will be facing much challenge in this respect.
- Subjects
WORLD Health Organization; SUICIDE prevention; SUICIDE victims; MEDICAL personnel; MENTAL health personnel; SUICIDE risk factors; BEHAVIOR therapy
- Publication
Iranian Journal of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences / Progress in Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, 2018, p167
- ISSN
1735-8639
- Publication type
Article