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Preventing suicide: a resource for pesticide registrars and regulators

Year of publication 2019

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 36 p.

Author World Health Organization and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Publisher FAO & WHO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-131787-7

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Suicide is a leading cause of premature mortality among young people in many countries, making it a serious global public health problem. Suicides are preventable but preventing them is no easy task. Interventions range from providing the best possible conditions for bringing up our children and young people, through accurate and timely assessment of mental disorders and their effective treatment, to responsible reporting of suicide by the media and the environmental control of risk factors.

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