The British Journal of Psychiatry (2006) 189: 201-203. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.105.020834
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EDITORIAL

Deaths from pesticide poisoning: a global response

J. M. Bertolote, MD and A. Fleischmann, PhD

Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

M. Eddleston

Scottish Poisons Information Bureau, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh

D. Gunnell, PhD

Departemnt of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

Correspondence: José M. Bertolote, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization, 20 avenue Appia, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland. Email: bbertolotej{at}who.int

Declaration of interest D.G. and M.E. are on the Scientific Advisory Group of a Syngenta-funded study to assess the toxicity of a new formulation of paraquat; they have received travel expenses to attend research group meetings.

Self-poisoning with pesticides accounts for about a third of all suicides worldwide. To tackle this problem, the World Health Organization announced a global public health initiative in the second half of 2005. Planned approaches were to range from government regulatory action to the development of new treatments for pesticide poisoning. With broad-based support, this strategy should have a major impact on the global burden of suicide.


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