title: The effectiveness of suicide prevention centers.
abstract: The presence of suicide prevention centers in a state in 1970 was negatively associated with changes in the suicide rate from 1970 to 1980 in the USA, indicating a preventive effect from suicide prevention centers. This effect, though weak, was consistently found for most demographic subgroups of the population and when a strong social correlate of suicide rates (divorce rates) was taken into account by means of multiple regression analysis.
authors.affiliation: Center for the Study of Suicide, Blackwood, New Jersey 08012.
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authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lester
mesh_terms: D003419:Crisis Intervention / Q000639:trends; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D000092864:Suicide Prevention