Suicidality: Demographic Risk and Protective Factors
Editors
Claire M. Renzetti; Jeffrey L. Edleson
Document Type
Chapter
Publication Date
6-19-2008
Publication Title
Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence
Publisher
SAGE Publications, Inc
Publisher Location
Thousand Oaks, CA
First page number:
700
Last page number:
702
Abstract
Each year since 2001, over 30,000 people have died by suicide in the United States. At least 650,000 persons each year receive emergency treatment after attempting suicide. Over a million die by suicide worldwide. Suicide, the taking of one's own life, is the 13th leading cause of death worldwide and 11th in the United States.
Keywords
Emergency medical services; Suicidal behavior; Suicide; Suicide—Prevention; Suicide victims; Suicide victims--Mental health
Disciplines
Community Health | Emergency Medicine | Psychiatry and Psychology | Public Health
Language
English
Permissions
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Repository Citation
DeBruyn, L.,
Fullerton-Gleason, L.,
Chino, M.
(2008).
Suicidality: Demographic Risk and Protective Factors. In Claire M. Renzetti; Jeffrey L. Edleson,
Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence
700-702.
Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.