Suicide prevention by the Samaritans. A controlled study of effectiveness.
To test the hypothesis that Samaritan services prevent suicide, the trends in suicide-rates of county boroughs with Samaritan services have been compared with trends in matched control boroughs without Samarian services. The suicide-rate for both groups of boroughs has decreased progressively and to the same extent. This finding is not consistent with suggestions that Samaritan services prevent suicide.
D004739:England; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D009938:Organizations; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D013405:Suicide / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population; D014837:Voluntary Health Agencies; D014852:Wales; D000092864:Suicide Prevention