title: The public health approach to reducing suicide: opportunities for curriculum development in psychiatry residency training programs.
abstract: The authors review the current status of suicide prevention curricula in psychiatry training programs, describe the public health approach to suicide prevention, discuss public health strategies for reducing suicides and the unique role played by psychiatrists with respect to suicide prevention, and offer public health-oriented suicide prevention curriculum guidelines for psychiatry residents.
authors.affiliation: American Association of Suicidology, Center for Deployment Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA, mcornette@suicidology.org.
authors.forename: Michelle M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Cornette
authors.forename: Amy E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Schlotthauer
authors.forename: Jon S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Berlin
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: Lisa M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: French
authors.forename: Melissa L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Heidi M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Pfeiffer
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D003479:Curriculum; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000379:methods*; D010819:Physician's Role; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D011634:Public Health / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods; D018570:Risk Assessment; D000092864:Suicide Prevention