Novel Approaches to Suicide Prevention
This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are organizing a Special Issue on innovation in suicide prevention in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. The venue is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes articles and communications in the interdisciplinary area of environmental health sciences and public health. For detailed information on the journal, we refer you to: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph.
Suicide is one of the leading causes of preventable death worldwide and the leading cause of death in some sectors of the population. Suicide attempt and suicidal ideation are more common than suicide. Although many countries have developed suicide prevention strategies, rates of suicide, suicide attempt, and suicidal ideation are increasing in many parts of the world. This suggests that new approaches to suicide prevention are needed.
This Special Issue will have a focus on innovative approaches to the prevention of suicide, suicide attempt, and suicidal ideation. Submissions that focus on novel interventions, innovative methodologies, and program or policy evaluation are particularly encouraged. All study designs are welcome, including quantitative and qualitative studies, mixed methods, and systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Some keywords are listed below which may help guide submissions.
Dr. Jo Robinson
Dr. Nicole Hill
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- suicide prevention
- interventions to prevent suicide, suicide attempt, and/or suicidal ideation
- treatment interventions
- health service reform
- innovative methodological approaches
- program or policy evaluation
- novel interventions for vulnerable groups
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Published Papers
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health - ISSN 1660-4601