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Explores suicide from a public health perspective, with a particular focus on addressing suicide through comprehensive prevention strategies. Includes specific topics such as the history of suicide prevention efforts; relevant theories and models of suicide; the epidemiology of suicide, including risk and protective factors; high-risk populations; preventive interventions and policy solutions; and common barriers to implementing and sustaining suicide prevention efforts. Emphasizes systems-level methods and considers how interprofessional team approaches can be used in strategic planning for suicide prevention.