Resource Tag: LOCAL STRATEGIES

This report outlines the suicide prevention & mental health promotion strategy for Walsall. Elements of the strategy include suicide prevention programs, marketing mental health, supporting equality & inclusion, programs for the early years, children & schools, employment & the workplace, addressing violence & abuse, programs for the elderly, & partnerships & communities.

This document provides the suicide prevention strategy for East Sussex in the United Kingdom. The goals and objectives for action are: to reduce suicide in high risk groups; to promote mental well-being in the wider population; to reduce the availability & lethality of suicide methods; to improve reporting of suicide behaviour in the media; to […]

This report reviews the key developments in mental health services in the Lincolnshire Partnership Trust in the 2005/06 fiscal year. Epidemiological data on 61 suicides is provided. During 2005, Lincolnshire experienced an increase in the number of suicides but due to the small numbers being analysed this may not indicate an upward trend. Most suicides […]

This document outlines the objectives of the Oldham suicide prevention strategy & the actions needed to accomplish these. The objectives are to: reduce risk in key, high-risk groups; promote mental well-being in the wider population; reduce the availability & lethality of suicide methods; improve media reporting of suicidal behaviour; implement research findings on suicide & […]

This document outlines the suicide prevention strategy for North Cumbria. Proposed objectives include: training for health care professionals; support for individuals recently discharged from psychiatric hospitals, those who have self-harmed in the past or who may in the future; media & other health promotion campaigns; & the reduction of available means.

This document provides an audit of suicide & deliberate self-harm in Barking & Dagenham, a borough of London. While the suicide rate has been reduced, current projections indicate the 2010 target rate of 4.3 per 100,000 will not be met. Recommendations are made for key actions in primary & secondary care, social care, & community […]

This document outlines the suicide prevention strategy for South Gloucestershire. Goals include: reducing risk in key high risk groups; promoting mental well-being in the wider population; reducing availability & lethality of suicide methods; improving reporting of suicidal behaviour in the media; promoting research on suicide & suicide prevention; & improving monitoring of progress. An appendix […]

This strategy outlines the national policy context, the local policy context, the Teesside model for suicide prevention, local objectives & action plan, & the performance management structure. The goals of the strategy are: to reduce the risk in key high-risk groups; to promote the mental well-being of the wider population; to reduce the availability & […]

This report provides information on a July 2007 symposium in Chanute, Kansas where participants selected action plan priorities for suicide prevention in southeast Kansas. Three priorities were identified, including: local communities & schools incorporating best practices of mental health education, including a suicide prevention component, into health curricula by 2010; addressing the stigma associated with […]

This document outlines the suicide prevention strategy for Ashland County, Ohio. Activities are planned in 3 areas: media; awareness, education, & outreach; & gatekeeper training. In each of these areas, activities are organized by the intended audience: general; youth; men; & the elderly.

This paper presents an overview of 156 local suicide prevention projects funded under Australia’s National Suicide Prevention Strategy & describes lessons elicited from a content analysis of the projects’ progress & final reports. Certain processes were noted as contributing to project success. The projects achieved improvements in knowledge about risk & protective factors for suicide, […]

The Suicide Prevention Scrutiny Panel was set up by the Overview & Scrutiny Commission to investigate the high suicide rate in Camden, to consider the main determinants of sucide, to consider work currently being done to prevent suicides in the future, & to make recommendations for action. This report presents the results of this investigation.

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This report presents some 2005 suicide statistics for Sedgwick County, Kansas. An outline of scheduled activities for 2006 is also included.

This document consists of a suicide prevention strategy, an action plan for Gloucestershire, & a supporting suicide audit for the county. Four goals form the basis for the action plan & include: reduction of suicides in high risk groups including rural communities, prisons, young men, carers & bereved families, those with mental illness or with […]

This document sets out a suicide prevention strategy for the Gateshead Primary Care Trust for the years 2004-2010. The eight components that form the action plan are: appropriate level of care, inpatient suicide prevention, post-discharge prevention of suicide, family/carer contact, appropriate medication, co-morbidity/dual diagnosis, post-incident review, & training of staff. Local priorities relating to the […]

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