News from Jane Vanderpyl
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Geospatial Mapping of Suicide Clusters
Published: 12 April 2012 by Jane Vanderpyl
It’s reasonably well-known that close friends and acquaintances of people who die by suicide are at increased risk of dying by suicide themselves. The term ‘suicide cluster’ is used to describe this phenomenon of suicides that occur close together in time or space, beyond the rate that would normally be expected in a community.
Sensory modulation in practice
Published: 17 February 2012 by Jane Vanderpyl
Te Pou has been working alongside district health boards (DHBs) to safely embed the practice, as well as support research in this area.
