Health Education Research Advance Access originally published online on June 17, 2004
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Health Education Research, Vol. 19, No. 4, 476-480,
August 2004
© 2004 Oxford University Press
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Suicide prevention and the broad-spectrum approach to health promotion
RCN Institute, Radcliffe Infirmary, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HE, UK
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Suicide remains a significant cause of death in the UK. In highlighting this tragedy, the British government, in Health of the Nation (Department of Health, 1992
) and Our Healthier Nation (Department of Health, 1998), set targets for Health Authorities to introduce positive interventions and reduce the rates of suicide in the populations for which they were responsible. This is reiterated in Standard 7 of the National Service Framework for Mental Health (Department of Health, 1999). Unfortunately, for both users and providers of services, the relevant literature reveals an immense and complex diversity in thinking as to how this might be achieved. Theories of causation, procedures for assessment and strategies for prevention are numerous, and result in a variety of theoretical frameworks and interventions being presented to those involved in suicide prevention (McElroy, unpublished). One option, however, is to target high-risk groups; in particular, individuals who have attempted
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