Resource Tag: HIGH RISK GROUPS

This document provides a summary of the Tasmanian suicide prevention strategy, 2010-2014. It is a guiding document which gives an overview of the budget & policy directions for suicide prevention for 2010-2011. Progress against priorities will be detailed in an annual report. 5 key action area are briefly outlined: governance & leadership, primary prevention, secondary […]

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This report includes 3 studies associated with inmate suicide within Oregon’s Department of Corrections. The first is a statistical analysis that recognizes inmate static & demographic factors that differentiate the average inmate from the inmate at higher risk for a suicide attempt. The second analysis identifies the inmate static & dynamic factors that differentiate the […]

A systematic review was done of studies of rates & methods of suicide in the veterinary profession. Data from 19 studies were extracted by 2 independent reviewers & analysed. Between 0 & 43% of veterinary surgeon deaths were by suicide. In all but one of the 15 studies presenting risk of suicide in veterinary surgeons […]

This study assessed the risk of suicide among men diagnosed with prostate cancer subsequent to prostate-specific antigen testing. The number of suicides registered for cases in the PCBaSe cohort was compared with the expected number of suicides in an age-matched general male Swedish population. Standardised mortality ratios were calculated for different categories of cases. There […]

This report outlines the strategic plan for the prevention of suicide in Santa Clara County, California. It opens with a review of the impact of suicide in Santa Clara County, what the Suicide Prevention Advisory Committee did, & what the Committee learned. The next part of the report summarizes local needs & is followed by […]

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This document outlines the history of the national suicide prevention strategy in Scotland. A new set of objectives to inform the work for the remaining 2-2.5 years of the strategy is set out & includes: identifying & intervening to reduce suicidal behaviour in high-risk groups; developing & implementing a coordinated approach to reduce suicidal behaviour; […]

The purpose of this document is provide recommendations or strategies aimed at the prevention of suicide in London-Middlesex. 5 key recommendations include: improve intervention & treatment for those at risk of suicide; improve interventions & support for those affected by suicide; increase efforts to reduce access to lethal means of suicide; increase research activities; & […]

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This study aimed to determine the clinical features that can identify people with high parasuicide purpose among a parasuicidal population. 48 persons who had a parasuicide episode 2-6 years prior were interviewed & followed-up for 2 years. At follow-up, 8 people had repeated at least one parasuicidal act. A higher significant difference was found between […]

This action plan is the Victorian government’s strategy to prevent & reduce the incidence & impact of Aboriginal suicide & self-harm. It sets out current priorities & identifies strategies for further action in 4 priority areas: prevention through building resilience; improving access to care & support for those at risk; improving the response to crisis […]

This document from the Australian Senate reports on their inquiry into suicide in Australia. Chapters include an introduction with the terms of reference, the costs of suicide, suicide reporting & statistics, suicide prevention roles & training, public awareness campaigns, targeted programs & universal interventions, suicide research, & the national suicide prevention strategy. Appendices include a […]

In this brief article, the authors review the literature on the risk of suicide among men diagnosed with prostate cancer. The risk of suicide is increased, particularly among patients with metastatic disease. Results indicate a need to identify signs of depression & optimize treatment among newly diagnosed patients. (10 refs.) JA

This study examined the temporal pattern of suicide risk in patients with early psychosis & determined whether discrete periods of significantly elevated risk can be identified up to 24 months after commencing treatment. Suicidaliy ratings collected each month were retrieved for 696 patients treated between December 2002-December 2005. Time-series analysis was performed on suicide risk […]

This briefing evaluates the relationship between child abuse, particularly sexual, & other risk factors present during childhood, & subsequent suicide attempts. Incidence rates are also discussed. There is relatively little concrete evidence on childhood suicide & therefore much of the evidence presented in this report relates to suicide in later life. One of the key […]

This strategy aims: 1) to produce a comprehensive package of practical actions which are likely to have an impact on the number of suicides in Westminster; & 2) to provide a structure to co-ordinate activities resulting in improved suicide prevention, particularly, early intervention & treatment. 6 categories of action are detailed: general population interventions, mental […]

This strategy sets out the approach that will be taken to reduce deaths from suicide & undetermined injury in Devon. The range of targets, objectives, & actions that will contribute to a multi-agency response are identified. The objectives that are addressed are: reducing the risk in high-risk groups; promoting mental well-being in the wider population; […]

A question is posed about how to care for a 35-year-old homeless man with end-stage AIDS who has expressed suicide ideation. The respondent provides suggestions such as referrals to support services, assessment of the patient for depression & level of suicide risk, interventions such as a safety screening of his room, & further psychological assessment. […]

A population-based cohort study was done to investigate suicide rates in recently released prisoners in England & Wales. Suicide rates per 100,000 person-years in prisoners who died within one year of release were compared with rates in the general population by using the indirectly age-standardised mortality ratio. 382 suicides occurring in 244,988 individuals within 1 […]

Using an empirically based decision tree analysis for a large national sample of Veterans Affairs health system patients treated for depression, the authors identified subgroups with particularly high or low rates of suicide. 887,859 patients treated for depression between April 1999 & September 2004 were identified. The exploratory data analysis produced a decision tree with […]