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Lessons in Suicide Prevention from the Golden Gate Bridge: Means Restriction, Public Health, and the School Psychologist

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Youth suicide is a global public health problem and some lessons for more effectively preventing it can be found in a perhaps unlikely source: the Golden Gate Bridge. Issues discussed include means restriction and method substitution, the stigma associated with suicide and the consequences of it, myths and misconceptions regarding suicide, and taking a public health approach to suicide prevention. The implications of these issues for school-based suicide prevention and school psychologists are provided.

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Miller, D.N. Lessons in Suicide Prevention from the Golden Gate Bridge: Means Restriction, Public Health, and the School Psychologist. Contemp School Psychol 17, 71–79 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03340989

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