National Strategy for Suicide Prevention: Goals and Objectives for Action.
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In 1999, the publication of Kay Redfield Jamison's Night Falls Fast catalyzed national reassessment of suicide causes, prevention, and control in the USA and provided a base for institutionalization on suicide prevention.Abstract:
In 1999, the publication of Kay Redfield Jamison's Night Falls Fast (see Injury Prevention , December 2000; 6 :312) catalyzed national reassessment of suicide causes, prevention, and control in the USA. The book encouraged researchers to help find more and effective ways to prevent suicides and provided a base for institutionalization on suicide prevention.
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