INVENTORY OF YOUTH SERVICES IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
Countries Covered: Ireland Date: 2012 The National Suicide Research Foundation has published an inventory of services for young people. The inventory was developed in response to requests from...
View ArticleCAPIC SYSTEMATIC REVIEW DATABASE & SAFETYLIT
Countries Covered: Europe Date: 2013 CAPIC SYSTEMATIC REVIEW DATABASE & SAFETYLIT A huge amount of research on preventing injuries is carried out across the world. It is difficult for injury...
View ArticleLOCAL ALCOHOL PROFILES FOR ENGLAND UPDATED
Countries Covered: England Date: 2013 The North West Public Health Observatory has updated the Local Alcohol Profiles for England (LAPE) for 2012. Alcohol indicators are provided at both local...
View ArticleTHE REAL COST OF ALCOHOL
Countries Covered: England Date: 2013 This Alcohol Concern map provides regional data on hospital admissions, deaths and costs relating to alcohol. Read the rest of this entry »
View ArticleSUICIDE NUMBERS RISE SHARPLY, ESPECIALLY AMONG MIDDLE-AGED MEN
Countries Covered: UK Date: 2013 Significant rises in the overall UK suicide rate and in the proportion of men aged between 45 and 59 killing themselves have been reported by the Office for National...
View ArticleSUICIDE PREVENTION STRATEGY LAUNCHED
Countries Covered: England Date: 2013 The Department of Health has launched a new cross-government strategy ‘Preventing suicide in England’. The strategy will focus on supporting bereaved families and...
View ArticleMENTAL WELLBEING GUIDE FOR SCHOOLS
Countries Covered: UK Date: 2013 A guide to help schools improve the emotional and mental wellbeing of their students has been launched by the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition. Read...
View ArticlePSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER...
Countries Covered: World Date: 2013 Much more evidence is needed to demonstrate the relative effectiveness of different psychological therapies or the effectiveness of psychological therapies compared...
View ArticleMANAGED ALCOHOL AS A HARM REDUCTION INTERVENTION FOR ALCOHOL ADDICTION IN...
Countries Covered: World Date: 2013 The lack of evidence does not allow for a conclusion regarding the efficacy of MAP on their own, or as compared to brief intervention, moderate drinking, no...
View ArticleWHERE TO FIND INJURY DATA AND STATISTICS IN THE UK AND IRELAND?
Countries Covered: UK and Ireland Date: 2013 To help injury practitioners find relevant and up to date injury related statistics; IOBI have produced guides on where to find injury data in the...
View ArticleDEATHS RELATED TO DRUG POISONING IN ENGLAND AND WALES, 2011
Countries Covered: England and Wales Date: 2011 The Office for National Statistics have released their latest figures on deaths related to drug poisoning in England nd Wales for the last five years....
View ArticleINJURY AND POISONING MORTALITY, 2009
Countries Covered: England and Wales Date: 2011 The latest national level report on injury and mortality was released by the Office for National Statistics on 1 March 2011. To access the statistical...
View ArticleCORONER INCREASING NARRATIVES AND THEIR IMPACT ON SUICIDE RATES
Countries Covered: England and Wales Date: 2011 The Office for National Statistics have conducted a recent analysis and conclude: ‘Since 2001 narrative verdicts have been more widely used by coroners....
View ArticleSELF-HARM FIRST AID ADVICE
Countries Covered: UK Date: 2013 The British Red Cross have worked with YoungMinds to produce video and Facebook first aid advice on the first actions to take on discovering someone who has taken a...
View Article“LIGHTING THE WAY” – A NEW BOOKLET TO HELP THE FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF PEOPLE...
Countries Covered: UK Date: 2013 “Lighting the Way” is an accessible information resource for those bereaved through suicide. The booklet contains important information on the practical and emotional...
View ArticleAPPLIED SUICIDE INTERVENTION SKILLS TRAINING
Country: Wales Date: Autumn 2013 Mind Cymru’s Positive Choices project, is running public ASIST courses in autumn 2013. 29-30 October Newport / 9-10 December Cardiff / 5-6 September Ceredigion / 22-23...
View ArticleGLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS LINKED TO SUICIDE RISE
Countries Covered: World Date: 2013 The recent economic crisis could be to blame for an increase in suicide rates in Europe and America, say experts. Read the rest of this entry »
View ArticleEUROPE: NATIONAL ACTION TO ADDRESS CHILD INTENTIONAL INJURY LAUNCHED BY...
We are pleased to announce the launch of the report on National Action to Address Child Intentional Injury, by the European Child Safety Alliance with the support of Vice President of the European...
View ArticleENGLAND: SUICIDE PREVENTION STRATEGY REPORT
The first annual report on England’s cross-government suicide prevention strategy, ‘Preventing Suicide in England: One Year On’, sets out key actions that local areas can take to prevent suicides. It...
View ArticleWORLD: SOCIAL MEDIA SUICIDE PREVENTION TOOL
Facebook have launched a new tool in the US to help users who are worried about a friends risk of suicide. If an individual sees a concerning post they can report it to facebook. Facebook then...
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