Becky Appleton summarises a recent Delphi study that led to the development of the first clinical guidelines for implementing digital technology within mental healthcare for young people with suicidal thoughts and behaviours.
[read the full story...]Trigger warnings: to use, or not to use? That is the question
A group of leading researches at Orygen Australia review a recent meta-analysis on the efficacy of trigger and content warnings on media outlets that indicates warnings may not be as helpful as we thought.
[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...]Introducing the Hope service: we need to provide practical support to men at risk of suicide
In his debut blog, Michael J. Wilson appraises a qualitative study, which examined service users, staff and stakeholder perspectives on a service helping to prevent suicide in men who are going through a crisis.
[read the full story...]Many causes of death among people with bipolar disorder are potentially preventable
Anneka Tomlinson and Andrea Cipriani from the University of Oxford co-write this important blog on causes of mortality among those with bipolar disorder, highlighting the importance of suicide prevention across age groups.
[read the full story...]The problematic politics of LGBT+ suicide prevention in the UK
Sarah Carr considers an analysis of the UK parliamentary debates and national policies on LGBT+ suicide representation in political and policy spheres.
[read the full story...]Suicide and self-harm in nurses and midwives: urgent attention needed according to new systematic review
Ben Hannigan summarises a recent systematic review exploring the prevalence, risk factors and interventions for suicide and self-harm in nurses and midwives.
[read the full story...]Can therapeutic alliance help prevent suicide in people with psychosis?
Melanie Lafanechere and Dafni Katsampa summarise a study on the therapeutic alliance and suicidal experiences in people with psychosis receiving Cognitive Behavioural Suicide Prevention Therapy.
[read the full story...]Tackling structural racism in suicide prevention: a conceptual framework
Kam Bhui reviews a conceptual framework developed to understand structural racism and suicide prevention for ethnoracially minoritised youth in the United States.
[read the full story...]Prevalence of autism and autistic traits in those who died by suicide
Shania Lorenz examines a recent mixed-methods study, which suggests that, in England, people with autism or autistic traits have a higher risk of suicide compared to the general population.
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