SUICIDE AWARENESS IN COMMUNITY PHARMACIES: TRAINING FUTURE PHARMACISTS

• At: AbuDhabi (United Arab Emirates) (2019)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: POS-APS-004
• By: AKERS, Julie (Washington State University, College of Pharmacy, United States)
• Co-author(s): Julie Marie Akers: College of Pharmacy, Washington State University, Spokane, United States
  Kimberly McKeirnan: College of Pharmacy, Washington State University, Spokane, United States
  Megan Willson: College of Pharmacy, Washington State University, Spokane, United States
  Jennifer Robinson: College of Pharmacy, Washington State University, Spokane, United States
  Christina Buchman: College of Pharmacy, Washington State University, Spokane, United States
  
• Abstract:

  Background

  The role of pharmacists in preventing suicide has been advocated to be included into pharmacy curriculum for some time.  Death by suicide has been increasing in the US and is a leading cause of death. The World Health Organization put forth a strategy in 1985 focusing on suicide prevention. In 2016, Washington state passed a law..

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