Do suicide prevention centers prevent suicide?
States with a higher concentration of suicide prevention centers in 1970 had higher suicide rates in 1970 but experienced less of an increase in the suicide rates during the next decade. The results of this study, therefore, provide some support for the beneficial impact of suicide prevention centers on the communities that they serve.
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Center for the Study of Suicide, Blackwood, New Jersey 08012.
D003155:Community Mental Health Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003419:Crisis Intervention / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D000092864:Suicide Prevention