Resource Tag: TASK FORCES
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Report of the CSM Expert Working Group on the Safety of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Antidepressants
This is the final report of the Committee on Safety of Medicines (CSM) Expert Working Group on the Safety of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Antidepressants, which was convened to investigate ongoing safety concerns with these medicines. The group’s findings are presented regarding a possible causal association between SSRIs & suicidal behaviour in children, adolescent, young […]
Screening for Suicide Risk: Recommendation and Rationale
This article contains a discussion not included in SIEC #2004-1137.
Young People and Self Harm: a National Inquiry. First Interim Inquiry Report: ‘What do we Already Know? – Prevalence, Risk Factors and Models of Intervention’.
For subsequent reports by the National Inquiry Panel, please see SIEC #2005-0803 & #2005-0804
Young People and Self Harm: a National Inquiry. Interim Inquiry Report 2: ‘What’s Happening and who Knows? – Educational Settings and Young People who Self-Harm’.
For related reports by the National Inquiry Panel, please see SIEC #2005-0802 & #2005-0804
National Strategy for Suicide Prevention in Japan
The Japan Ministry of Health, Labour, & Welfare has just begun to undertake its national suicide prevention strategies. The authors state that because treatment & prevention of suicide are complex & encompass many factors, success will need multisector collaboration. This national strategy provides a starting point for implementation. The authors argue that the next step […]
Interim Report 1 – Mental Health, Mental Illness and Addiction: Overview of Policies and Programs in Canada
For Reports 2 & 3, please see SIEC #2005-0892 & 2005-0893
Program Inception: Recognizing the Need
For related information about the USAF Suicide Prevention Program, please see SIEC #2005-0404 to 2005-0409
Postvention Support System for Clinicians
Published in “Back to the Future: Refocusing the Image of Suicide,” ed. by J L McIntosh
Psychiatrists Strive to Assure Patients’ Safety
For the Institute of Medicine’s Report on Patient Safety & Psychiatry, please see SIEC #2005-0458
APA Working Group: Research, Practice, and Education
Published in “Back to the Future: Refocusing the Image of Suicide,” ed. by J L McIntosh
Patient Safety and Psychiatry: Recommendations to the Board of Trustees of the American Psychiatric Association
For commentary on this report, please see SIEC #2005-0457. For the Practice Guideline for the Assessment & Treatment of Patients With Suicidal Behaviors referred to in this report, please see SIEC #2004-0132
Final Report of the APA Working Group on Assisted Suicide: Research Issues
Published in “Back to the Future: Refocusing the Image of Suicide,” ed. by J L McIntosh