Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent Suicide, 1999
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Acknowledgements

Technical assistance and scientific consultation in the preparation of this document was provided by the CDC, NIMH, Office of the Surgeon General and SAMHSA. Support for its publication has been provided by the CDC, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Support for the National Conference on Suicide Prevention in Reno, Nevada, 1998, was provided in part by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control), the Health Resources and Services Administration, the National Institute of Mental Health, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (Center for Mental Health Services).

Written by Lucy Davidson, MD, EdS; Lloyd Potter, PhD, MPH; and Virginia Ross, PhD.

In collaboration with Virginia Trotter Betts, MSN, JD, RN, FAAN; Alex Crosby, MD, MPH; CDR Robert DeMartino, MD; Rodney Hammond, PhD; Kay Jamison, PhD; Jane Pearson, PhD; RADM Darrel Regier, MD, Elsie Weyrauch, RN; and Gerald Weyrauch, MBA.

Office of the Surgeon General scientific review and editing of this document was provided by: RADM Susan J. Blumenthal, MD, MPA.

Members of the Conference Expert Panel: Morton M. Silverman, MD (Chairperson); Alex Crosby, MD, MPH; Laurie Flynn; Dequincy A. Lezine; Jim Moore; Jane Pearson, PhD; Leslie Scallet, JD; David Shaffer, MD; Scot Simpson; Susan Soule, MA; Karl F. Weyrauch, MD, MPH.