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Publication Date: 1987
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Helpline: Suicide Prevention at a Suicide Site.
Glatt, Kenneth M.
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, v17 n4 p299-309 Win 1987
Describes Dutchess County Department of Mental Hygiene and New York State Bridge Authority's joint establishment of a suicide prevention telephone on Mid-Hudson Bridge. Telephone, which is directly connected to psychiatric emergency service, was used 30 times in two-year period. Data suggest that most would-be jumpers were ambivalent about dying and willing to reach out for help. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, Hotlines (Public), Outreach Programs, Prevention, Psychiatric Services, Suicide
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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