title: The impact of the Samaritan centres on suicide in Scotland.
abstract: A study of Scottish suicide rates from 1958 to 1981 showed no evidence for a preventive effect from the growth in the number of Samaritan centres.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Program, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, P.O. Box 195, Jimmie Leeds Road, Pomona, NJ 08240-0195, USA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lester
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009939:Organizations, Nonprofit; D012606:Scotland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012944:Social Support; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000092864:Suicide Prevention