title: Suicide prevention strategies--a brief review.
abstract: Since suicide is a very complex, multicausal human behaviour, its prevention should also be complex. The prediction of suicide is very difficult at the level of the general population, but it is much easier among patients with certain mental disorders, because most persons who kill themselves have diagnosable and treatable psychiatric disorders. This article reviews the most important biological and non-biological suicide prevention strategies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, National Institute for Psychiatry and Neurology, Budapest, Hungary. rihmer.z@opni.hu
authors.forename: Zoltán
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Rihmer
authors.forename: Zsuzsa
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kántor
authors.forename: Annamária
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rihmer
authors.forename: Krisztina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Seregi
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D000092864:Suicide Prevention