Cara Richardson explores a recent qualitative study conducted in Scotland, which finds that the contexts in which men talk about suicide are an important part of male suicide prevention.
[read the full story...]Young people who self-harm: perspectives on primary care
In her debut blog, Amelia Talbot summarises a qualitative study investigating young adult’s experiences and perspectives of general practice care for self-harm.
[read the full story...]The best terminology to describe self-harm: “There is more that unites us than divides us”
Angharad de Cates reviews a recent study which examined international definitions of English-language terms for suicidal and self-harm behaviours.
[read the full story...]Acceptability of psychosocial and psychoeducational group intervention after repeat suicide attempts
Sadhbh Byrne reviews a recent mixed-methods study on client acceptability of a psychosocial and psychoeducational group intervention for repeat suicide attempts. The ‘Psychosocial/psychoeducation Intervention for recurrent Suicide Attempts’ (PISA), or ‘Skills for Safer Living’ (SfSL).
[read the full story...]Should clinicians be developing a suicide safety plan with their patients?
Felicity Pearce, Bani Kahai and Derek Tracy summarise a recent meta-analysis examining safety planning-type interventions for suicide prevention.
[read the full story...]Suicide rates in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic: cross-national data provide no evidence of an increase
Karel Kieslich, Rosalind McAlpine and Alexandra Pitman review a recent study exploring suicide trends in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic with real-time data from 21 countries.
[read the full story...]Healthcare contact prior to suicide: key opportunities for suicide prevention
In her debut blog, Su-Gwan Tham explores a Welsh population-based data linkage study, which finds that almost 3 in 4 people (73%) who died by suicide in Wales had contact with services in the month before their death.
[read the full story...]Do suicide awareness campaigns reduce stigma and increase help-seeking?
Cara Richardson reviews a Dutch study exploring the impact of a suicide prevention awareness campaign on stigma, taboo and attitudes towards professional help-seeking.
[read the full story...]Psychotherapies for suicide and self-harm in young people: join our tweet chat #YouthSuicidePrevention
Laura Hemming summarises a review on the comparative efficacy and acceptability of psychotherapies for self-harm and suicide in young people, which highlights continued uncertainty in the field.
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[read the full story...]Many men do seek help prior to suicide, but are services adequately designed to assess men’s needs?
Cara Richardson summarises a qualitative photovoice study, which finds that some men who died by suicide did seek help before their death, but the help given was often ineffective.
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