Distinguishing Prevention from Treatment in Suicide Prevention. Comment on Turner et al. The Paradox of Suicide Prevention. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 14983

Joseph H. Obegi ()
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Joseph H. Obegi: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, California Correctional Health Care Services, P.O. Box 588500, Elk Grove, CA 95758, USA

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 9, 1-2

Abstract: In “The Paradox of Suicide Prevention”, Turner and colleagues made an important contribution: they applied Rose’s prevention paradox to suicide prevention efforts in healthcare systems. However, in doing so, they conflated prevention and treatment and did not distinguish suicide from suicidality. Their views may confuse efforts to design and implement clinical pathways for preventing suicide.

Keywords: suicide; suicidality; prevention; treatment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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