Main description:

Get a global overview of the current research and advances in suicide prevention:
* Looks at achievements in 6 geographical regions
* Investigates the evidence base
* Explores best practices in reducing suicide
* Discusses future directions
Suicide is one of the most personal yet one of the most complex acts anyone can perform and it continues to be a major global public health problem with an estimated 800,000 deaths annually. Suicide prevention is an important target in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030, which aims to reduce premature mortality from noncommunicable diseases by one-third. Suicide is a global problem, but what differences are there is the challenges faced and the solutions found regionally?

Written by leading experts, the nine chapters of this volume provide a clear outline of the major milestones and achievements that have been reached so far in six different geographical regions according to data collated by IASP and the WHO. Recent progress in the development and implementation of national suicide prevention programs in different countries is also explored. In two concluding chapters, the evidence base and best practice of suicide prevention programs are reviewed as well as a look at the future directions for suicide prevention at the global level.

This is essential reading for all those involved in suicide research and prevention as well as public health policy and epidemiology who want to keep up-to-date with the latest global developments.

Contents:

Foreword by Murad Moosa Khan
Suicide and Suicide Prevention From a Global Perspective by Ella Arensman, Vanda Scott, Diego De Leo, and Jane Pirkis
Suicide Prevention in the European Region by Maurizio Pompili, Rory C. O'Connor, and Kees van Heeringen
Suicide Prevention in the Southeast Asia Region by Lakshmi Vijayakumar, Caroline Daly, Yasir Arafat, and Ella Arensman
Suicide Prevention in the Americas by Morton M. Silverman, Loraine Barnaby, Brian L. Mishara, and Daniel J. Reidenberg
Suicide Prevention in the African Region by Joseph Osafo, Kwaku Oppong Asante, and Charity Sylvia Akotia
Suicide Prevention in the Eastern Mediterranean Region by Mohsen Rezaeian and Murad Moosa Khan
Suicide Prevention in the Western Pacific Region by Jane Pirkis, Stephane Amadeo, Annette Beautrais, Michael Phillips, and Paul S. F. Yip
Suicide Prevention Programs: Evidence Base and Best Practice by Stephen Platt and Thomas Niederkrotenthaler
Future Directions by Ella Arensman, Diego De Leo, and Jane Pirkis