Preventing Suicide: A resource for counsellors

2006

(For resources, this is the publication date. For programs, this is the date posted.)

Information

Guidelines/Recommendations
World Health Organization (WHO) Department of Mental Health
WHO Press

See This Resource

http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2006/9241594314_eng.pdf

This resource provides guidance for counselors to understand suicide risk and prevention. It discusses the scope of the problem, assessment and management of suicidal behavior, special populations, risk and protective factors and hope to cope with the suicide of a client.

The booklet is part of a series addressed to specific social and professional groups that are particularly relevant to the prevention of suicide and released under the auspices of SUPRE, an IASP/WHO worldwide initiative for the prevention of suicide.