Resource Tag: BEST PRACTICES

The suicide prevention plan for Monroe County, Michigan has 3 main components: awareness, intervention, & follow-up. This document outlines the goals & objectives associated with each of these. Awareness goals include community development & community education, the reduction of stigma, the implementation of prevention programs, & reducing the number of suicides in Monroe County. The […]

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This best practice guideline aims to assist nurses working in diverse practice settings in providing evidence-based care to adults at risk for suicide ideation & behaviours. Adults at risk may include any adult who may exhibit risk factors, with or without expressed suicide intent. The focus of this guideline is on best practice within the […]

This report examines the health & wellness of Canadian children & adolescents. With respect to mental health, it is noted only one in five Canadian children who need mental health services currently receive them. Recommendations are made to improve access to paediatric mental health services, to establish a wait time strategy for paediatric mental health, […]

This report reviews the empirical research on child & adolescent suicide & includes discussion of the following topics: definitions & epidemiology; current trends; means & methods of youth suicide; age; gender; ethnicity; risk & protective factors; suicide prevention & intervention; outcome research on prevention & intervention strategies; perspectives of youth, families, & professionals; & a […]

This book began as an exploration of the scope & limits of a state-adopted suicide prevention manual. It expanded into the creation of useful & efficacious guidelines for school-based suicide prevention. Using a human ecological approach, the book examines trends in youth suicide, related legal implications, & the roles of school personnel. Research literature & […]

Report No. 06-03706-126

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Research on suicide by jumping is summarized. The incidence of suicide by this method varies but tends to be higher in cities, city states, or countries that have extensive high-rise housing. Most suicides by jumping occur from high-rise residential housing units. However, our knowledge about suicide by jumping tends to be limited to a small […]

This toolkit is designed to assist Primary Care Trusts in England in establishing a system for collecting relevant information on suicides to inform local, regional, & national suicide prevention strategies.

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125 surveys were circulated to service providers in 26 communities across Nunavut. 48 were returned & analysed for this report by the 3 Nunavut regions: Qikiqtani, Kivalliq, & Kitikmeot. The report begins with a description of the survey & the responses to it. It then attempts to contextualize the survey’s salient points within best practices […]

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This report was commissioned by the Ministry of Youth Development to review current evidence-based knowledge about support & services for families, friends & significant others following the non-fatal suicide attempt of a family member, relative or friend. It provides a review of the literature about support & services after a suicide attempt, & synthesizes the […]

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This study addresses concerns over newspapers’ reporting of suicide cases in Hong Kong, using the WHO guidelines on the reporting of suicide news as a reference for comparison. The authors compared the official suicide information extracted from the Coroner’s Court for the year 2000 with newspaper reports of suicides taken from 5 major Chinese local […]