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Suicide prevention: A proposed national strategy for South Africa
2012
African Journal of Psychiatry
Suicidal behaviour is an important public health problem globally and in Africa. A brief overview of the nature and severity of the problem is provided, but the primary aim of this paper is to identify priorities and prevention strategies for reducing suicidal behaviour in South Africa by discussing a framework for a proposed national prevention programme. South African suicide rates range from 11.5 per 100 000 to as high as 25 per 100 000 of the population, depending on sampling procedures and
doi:10.4314/ajpsy.v15i6.56
pmid:23160620
fatcat:njetbiqugzftng3kklkqplj3qe