Falling suicide rates in Sri Lanka: lessons and cautions

<p>Among the likely major contributors to the recent decline in suicides in Sri Lanka are a reduction in widespread and ready access to highly lethal agrochemicals, better management of persons admitted to hospitals with self-harm and a decline in sensationalized reporting of suicide in print...

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Main Author: Diyanath Samarasinghe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists 2013-12-01
Series:Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://sljpsyc.sljol.info/articles/6307