To: Colleagues, grant writers, and those interested in QPR
From: Paul Quinnett, Ph.D.
The QPR Theory Paper
Over the summer of 2006 I wrote, rewrote (many times), and revised the theory and supporting evidence for the QPR approach to suicide prevention. Since the initial manuscript was drafted, new data arrived monthly via the internet as well as a variety of journal publications. With the constant updates and edits, the manuscript has become a work-in-progress. The manuscript has also become too long for a journal publication.
The draft manuscript has been submitted to several members of the American Association of Suicidology as well as members of the International Association of Suicidology for peer review, and I wish to thank all those who have contributed their time, ideas and observations to this paper. As Dr. Mort Silverman observed, "This should be in a book."
But a book is a long term horizon.
Suicide prevention is now.
Every author reluctantly "finishes" his or her manuscript. Montague, James Joyce, and many others rewrote and republished major works to reflect their later thinking and ideas.
In the age of the Internet and the instantaneous exchange of human knowledge, this is no longer necessary; what we write today, we can (and sometimes must) revise tomorrow.
Therefore, I have elected to publish the QPR theory paper here on our website where, as new data arrives, the paper can be updated and modified accordingly. Publishing the paper here will make it available to readers, researchers, and grant writers everywhere now, not months or years from now.
This document will evolve over time. Each time a significant or substantive alteration is made, notification will be dated and the copyright date will be changed accordingly.
We at the QPR Institute look forward to collaborating with all researchers and invite every independent evaluator or reviewer who wishes to submit data for review or inclusion in this paper to do so. In a word, QPR will adapt and change according to the best scientific input we can find: supportive, challenging, or critical.
Please feel free to cite this article as an independent online publication of the QPR Institute with the following copyright notice "© Paul Quinnett, 2011, QPR Institute."