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More contact with mental health system appears to reduce youth suicide risk
Author(s) -
Enos Gary
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.32293
Subject(s) - suicide rates , mental health , suicide risk , adolescent suicide , population , psychology , mental health care , medicine , psychiatry , environmental health , suicide prevention , poison control
Continuity of care could prove to be an important component of reducing suicide rates among youth, as a population‐based study has found that a greater number of mental health visits was associated with reduced suicide risk.