• Annemiek Huisman, Jane Pirkis, and Jo Robinson.
• Department of Clinical Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, <location>Amsterdam, The Netherlands</location>
• Crisis. 2010 Jan 1; 31 (5): 281-4.

BackgroundDespite the growing strength of the field of suicidology, various commentators have recently noted that insufficient effort is being put into intervention research, and that this is limiting our knowledge of which suicide prevention strategies might be the most effective.AimsTo profile the types of studies currently being undertaken by suicide prevention researchers from around the world, in order to examine the relative balance between intervention studies and other types of research.MethodsWe searched the abstract books from the 22nd, 23rd, and 24th Congresses of the International Association for Suicide Prevention and the 10th, 11th, and 12th European Symposia on Suicide and Suicidal Behavior (held between 2003 and 2008), and classified the abstracts in them according to a modified version of an existing taxonomy.ResultsWe screened 1209 abstracts and found that only 12% described intervention studies.ConclusionsWe need to redouble our efforts and make intervention studies our priority if we are to combat the global problem of suicide.

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