The pattern of crisis calls to a suicide telephone helpline service in Nigeria

• Main Authors: Ogbolu RE (Author), Oyatokun BO (Author), Adegbite TA (Author), Ogunsola K (Author), Tade T (Author), Olafisoye O (Author), Aina OF (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria, OOUTH Sagamu, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Suicide is the deliberate killing of oneself. Although it is preventable, suicide accounts for over 800,000 global deaths annually. There is the need to scale-up prevention strategies, and one of these strategies is the provision of suicide telephone helplines. Objectives: To describe th...