Resource Tag: CONFIDENTIALITY

These guidelines describe how members of the public should provide first aid to an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person who may be at risk of suicide or is suspected to be deliberately injuring themselves. The guidelines aim to be respectful of cultural differences in understanding & treating mental illness.

This article provides information for physicians on firearm deaths in Quebec. Risk factors for firearm homicide or suicide are listed as are questions to ask about the availability of guns when there is suspicion of suicide or homicide risk. There is brief discussion of intervention, confidentiality, & judicial rulings.

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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Scholars have based their understanding of college-student suicide in the United States largely on the study of European Americans, and therefore, its relevance to making culturally informed decisions with suicidal Asian American college students is unclear. This article explores aspects of suicide assessment potentially unique to Asian American college students and discusses possible ways to […]

A study of American Indian youth illustrated competing pressures between research & ethics. A stakeholder-research team developed 3 plans to protect participants. The first allowed participants to skip potentially upsetting interview sections, the second called for referrals &/or emergency 24-hour clinical backup for participants flagged for abuse or suicidality, & the third included giving participants […]

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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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For the full book, please see SIEC #2005-0874

Published in “Back to the Future: Refocusing the Image of Suicide,” ed. by J L McIntosh

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