title: Challenges in preventing suicide.
abstract: The success of traditional suicide prevention efforts is evaluated and found wanting. Some encouraging recent developments are noted, and it is suggested that suicidologists might also profitably consider the strategies used by professionals dealing with other public health and social problems, such as drug abuse and delinquency.
authors.affiliation: Center for the Study of Suicide, Blackwood, NJ.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lester
mesh_terms: D003155:Community Mental Health Centers; D003415:Crime / Q000517:prevention & control; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D015277:Hotlines; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000517:prevention & control; D008402:Mass Media; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control; D014481:United States; D000092864:Suicide Prevention