Something a bit different today, as Kirsten Lawson summarises the recent Lancet Public Health series on suicide prevention, which looks at public health interventions, addressing the risk factors and determinants of suicide, and the transmissibility of suicide.
[read the full story...]Supporting NHS colleagues following a coworker’s suicide: a postvention theory
In her debut blog, Brittany Oldale collaborates with Sarah Watts to summarise a grounded theory study that sought to create a postvention theory for how to support colleagues’ following a colleague’s suicide within the NHS.
[read the full story...]Risk and recovery factors in male suicide: is society failing men?
Lucy Barrass considers a recent review, which suggests that understanding masculine norms is a key area for suicide prevention.
[read the full story...]Overcoming the stigma: uncovering the experiences of suicide bereavement among ethnic minorities
Andie Ashdown summarises a qualitative study exploring ethnic minority groups’ experiences of suicide bereavement.
[read the full story...]Parental death by suicide is associated with an increased risk of suicidal behaviour in offspring
Aggelos Stamos looks at a recent systematic review and meta-analysis on offspring’s risk for suicidal behaviour in relation to parental death by suicide.
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