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Organizing and Funding Suicide Prevention and Crisis Services

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.23.11.346

The author discusses the relative advantages of establishing suicide prevention and crisis intervention services within an existing agency or as an autonomous unit. Problems in staffing, the use of volunteers, and sources of financial support are also examined.

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