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Self-harm and the COVID-19 pandemic: A study of factors contributing to self-harm during lockdown restrictions – ScienceDirect

This study by Science Direct investigates what factors related to the pandemic influenced hospital presentations following self-harm during lockdown in England.

Samaritans: One year on: how the coronavirus pandemic has affected wellbeing and suicidality

This report brings together analysis of anonymous Samaritans’ service data from calls and emails, and primary research with their listening volunteers, which took place at 7 different points during the year since...

Health Select Committee Report on inquiry into suicide prevention strategy – 2017

Report from the Health Select Committee following an inquiry into the Government’s suicide prevention strategy.

NICE Quality Standard – Suicide Prevention

This quality standard covers ways to reduce suicide and help people bereaved or affected by suicide. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.

Autistica Action Briefing: Suicide Prevention

Autistica is the UK’s autism research charity. This briefing summarises the most important scientific findings about suicide in the autistic community. It was developed in collaboration with leading researchers,...

Internet Safety Strategy: Green paper & Response to the Consultation – Policy and Strategy

Through this green paper the Government sets out details on how they must play a greater role in tackling issues of online harms. The government addresses online safety by bringing groups across society together to...

Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision: A Green Paper & Response to the Consultation

This green paper builds on Future in Mind and the ongoing expansion of NHS-funded provision, and sets out the Government’s ambition to ensure that children and young people showing early signs of distress are able to...

NICE Quality Standards – Self-Harm

This quality standard covers the initial management of self-harm and the provision of longer-term support for children and young people (aged 8 to 18) and adults (aged 18 and over) who self-harm. It describes...

Five Year Forward View

A report from the independent Mental Health Taskforce to the NHS in England – February 2016

Local Suicide Prevention Planning: A Practice Resource (Sept 2020) – Local Suicide Prevention

Local Government Association and NSPA Case Studies – Local Suicide Prevention

The Local Government Association and NSPA worked together to develop case studies around the innovative local government and council programmes to improve the lives of people within communities.

Case studies – Local Suicide Prevention

Case studies with examples of local suicide prevention work, from police and NHS initiatives, fire and rescue services to local authority mental health teams and Citizens Advice.

Information sheets – Local Suicide Prevention

Information sheets created in collaboration between the National Suicide Prevention Alliance and Public Health England.

Slideset: local suicide prevention planning – Local Suicide Prevention

This slideset puts the local suicide prevention planning practice resource into an easily digestible presentation format. It is a great tool for anyone needing to make the case for suicide prevention and key areas of...

Providing support after suicide services: a suite of resources – Local Suicide Prevention

Supporting people affected by suicide is an essential part of suicide prevention and to complement the guidance for local authorities in suicide prevention planning we worked with Public Health England and the Support...

Local Suicide Prevention films – How local organisations can work together to engage people with lived experience of suicide

Steven Gilbert, an expert on suicide prevention by his own lived experience, discusses various topics on the area of working with people with lived experience and collaboration between different agencies. Lorna Fraser,...

The importance of responsible reporting of suicide (film) – Local Suicide Prevention

Lorna Fraser, Media Advisor at Samaritans, discusses the portrayal of suicide in the media and online, including how it can be improved and what to do if you’re worried about someone.

Local Suicide Prevention Planning in England – Local Suicide Prevention

A report from Samaritans and University of Exeter on the breadth and depth of local suicide prevention planning within local authorities.

NICE Guidelines: Preventing suicide in community and custodial settings

Public Health England worked alongside the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) to launch NICE’s new guidelines for suicide prevention in community and custodial settings. The guidelines cover ways to...

Self-harm and suicide prevention frameworks

Health Education England (HEE) and the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (NCCMH) have launched a series of self-harm and suicide prevention frameworks.

No health without mental health

This mental health outcomes strategy looks to communities as well as the state, to promote independence and choice, reflecting the recent vision for adult social care. It sets out how the Government, working with all...

Consensus statement on information sharing

Families bereaved by suicide have expressed concern about their experiences with services, and issues of confidentiality. They have raised concerns that practitioners can seem reluctant to take information from families...

From Grief To Hope

This report, ‘From Grief to Hope’, comes from Manchester University and Support After Suicide Partnership, and shares the findings from a survey of over 7000 people bereaved by suicide, about the impact the...

Samaritans Pushed from pillar to post

In October 2020, Samaritans launched their “Pushed from pillar to post” report. This report shows there is no consistent, effective support in England for people who self-harm and urgent improvements are needed. It...

Report on APPG inquiry into support available for young people who self-harm

In September 2020, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Suicide & Self-Harm Prevention launched their report on the inquiry into support available for young people who self-harm. This inquiry was carried out by a panel...

Self-harm Management Toolkit for Educational Settings – At Risk Populations

This toolkit from Essex, Southend on Sea and Thurrock councils in collaboration with the NHS is to support those working with school-age children and young people under 18 in educational settings

Suicide-Safer Universities – At Risk Populations

Building Suicide-Safer Schools and Colleges

PAPYRUS has developed a guide to support teachers and school staff in building suicide-safer schools. The guide, which is downloadable on their webpage, provides school staff with an understanding of the most effective...

Men and suicide: why it’s a social issue – At Risk Populations

Samaritans research report, exploring the questions ‘why are men in mid-life, from disadvantaged backgrounds, more at risk of suicide?’ and ‘what should be done to reduce suicide in this group of men?’. With an...

Dying from inequality – At Risk Populations

Socioeconomic disadvantage is a key risk factor for suicidal behaviour, and this report by Samaritans seeks to explain the reasons why.

Autistica Action Briefing: Suicide Prevention – At Risk Populations

National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health annual reports – At Risk Populations

The National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health annual reports provide findings relating to people who died by suicide or were convicted of homicide across all UK countries. Additional...

MaSH Learning: Management of Self-Harm in the Emergency Department – At Risk Populations

This online learning resource has been developed by researchers at the Manchester Self-Harm (MaSH) Project, which is part of the Centre for Suicide Prevention, a leading UK centre for research into suicidal behaviour...

Supporting online communities – At Risk Populations

In recognition of the increasing importance of online communities as spaces for peer and emotional support, we have developed guidance for online community moderators in responding to suicidal content.

Samaritans prisons data – Unlocking the evidence – At Risk Populations

This report looks at key trends in prison suicide rates and presents what Samaritans know about why some people in prison take their own lives. The reasons, as with all suicides, are complex. It is suggested that the...

Help is at Hand – At Risk Populations

Preventing suicide among trans young people – At Risk Populations

RCN and PHE guidance for health professionals looking to increase their skills and knowledge of suicide prevention strategies with trans young people.

Understanding Suicidal Distress and Promoting Survival in LGBT Communities – At Risk Populations

This qualitative study written by MindOut, Children’s and Young Peoples Trust, University of Brighton, Brighton and Sussex Community Knowledge Exchange and Allsorts Young Project outlines key themes that underpin the...

Suicide and self-harm in Britain: researching risk and resilience using UK surveys – At Risk Populations

This study from NatCen informs self-harm and suicide prevention work through survey analysis and consultation with people with lived experience. You can read more on their website www.natcen.ac.uk

NICE Quality Standards – Self-Harm – At Risk Populations

Self-harm in older adults – At Risk Populations

Keele University has created a leaflet which aims to give information to people affected by self-harm in adulthood.

Preventing suicide among lesbian, gay and bisexual young people – At Risk Populations

RCN and PHE guidance for health professionals looking to increase their skills and knowledge of suicide prevention strategies with LGB young people.

Help when we needed it most – At Risk Populations

Samaritans has offered the Step by Step service to schools and colleges in the UK since 2010. Samaritans have a team of trained volunteers, called Postvention Advisors who are available to offer practical support and...

Providing support after suicide services: a suite of resources – At Risk Populations

Loneliness, suicide and young people – At Risk Populations

Around 200 young people die by suicide every year. This report investigates the relationship between loneliness and suicide in young people, and if or how they may be connected.

A Silent Killer: Breaking the link between financial difficulty and suicide – At Risk Populations

The Money and Mental Health Policy Institute have published a report exploring the evidence around debt and suicidal thoughts and actions, and suicide prevention recommendations for government, local authorities and...

Domestic abuse and suicide: Exploring the links – At Risk Populations

This research, undertaken by Refuge and the University of Warwick, provides detailed substantial and original evidence on the prevalence of suicidal ideation and attempts amongst domestically abused people in the UK. It...

NCISH Suicide in England since the COVID-19 pandemic – COVID-19

NCISH examined the suicide figures established by “real-time surveillance” (RTS) systems in several parts of England, total population 9 million, comparing the months pre-lockdown (January-March 2020) to...

Case studies: how organisations have responded to Covid-19 – COVID-19

Throughout Covid-19, the NSPA has been holding online discussions around suicide prevention and bereavement support, bringing together people from public health, the NHS, charities and businesses to share their...

Webinar: Reaching and supporting children and young people during Covid-19 – COVID-19

On 19th October, the NSPA hosted a webinar on Reaching and Supporting Children and Young People During Covid-19. It included three organisations with different services, all of which have had to adapt in response to...

Webinar: Self-harm prevention during Covid-19

On 16th October, NSPA hosted a webinar exploring Self-Harm during Covid-19. It included two organisations with different services: Keith Waters, Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Multicentre Study of...

Webinar: Reaching and supporting men during Covid-19 – COVID-19

On 15th September NSPA hosted a webinar exploring the issues facing men during Covid-19, and how organisations are reaching out to and supporting them. It featured presentations from Joe Potter, Policy Manager at...

Public Health England COVID-19: mental health and wellbeing surveillance report – COVID-19

This report presents close to real time intelligence on the mental health and wellbeing of the population in England during the COVID-19 pandemic. It compiles routinely updated indicators from multiple sources and...

COVID-19, unemployment, and suicide – COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increase in the unemployment rate worldwide. In this study they modelled the effect of unemployment on suicide on the basis of global public data from 63 countries, and they observed...

Suicide risk and prevention during the COVID-19 pandemic – COVID-19

This report examines how the mental health effects of the pandemic might be profound and there are suggestions that suicide rates will rise, although this is not inevitable. Suicide is likely to become a more pressing...

A New Social Contract for a mentally healthier society – COVID-19

To support the nation’s recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic a coalition of over 50 voluntary and social sector organisations have urged the government to work with them to create a new mental health renewal plan for...

Covid-19: understanding inequalities in mental health during the pandemic – COVID-19

This briefing was written by Centre for Mental Health with expert input from members of a task group delegated by a group of national mental health charities that are working together to understand and respond to...

Covid-19 and the nation’s mental health Forecasting needs and risks in the UK: July 2020 – COVID-19

This is Centre for Mental Health’s second forecast on the implications of Covid-19 for the mental health of the UK population, in both the short- and long term.

Coronavirus: Mental Health in the Pandemic – COVID-19

The Mental Health Foundation is leading this ongoing, UK-wide, long-term study of how the pandemic is affecting people’s mental health, working with the University of Cambridge, Swansea University, the University of...

COVID-19 Social Study – UCL – COVID-19

The COVID-19 Social Study is a research study run by University College London, exploring the effects of the virus and social distancing measures on adults in the UK during the outbreak of COVID-19.

From Grief To Hope

NCISH Suicide in England since the COVID-19 pandemic

ONS suicide statistics 2006-2020

Quarterly suicide death registrations in England: 2001 to 2019 registrations and Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) to Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2020 provisional data

Samaritans suicide statistics reports

These reports pull together the data about deaths by suicide for the UK and Republic of Ireland, which is available from official statistics bodies and provides a description of the latest suicide rates. They also...

PHE’s Fingertips Suicide Prevention Profile

The Fingertips Suicide Prevention Profile was produced to help develop understanding at a local level and support an intelligence driven approach to suicide prevention. It collates and presents a range of publicly...

Men and suicide: why it’s a social issue

Suicide by occupation, England: 2011 to 2015

The analyses from the Office for National Statistics are based on deaths registered in England between 2011 and 2015. Suicide was defined using the National Statistics definition which includes both intentional...

Dying from inequality

Socioeconomic disadvantage is a key risk factor for suicidal behaviour, and this report by Samaritans seeks to explain the reasons why.

National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health annual reports

MaSH Learning: Management of Self-Harm in the Emergency Department

Samaritans prisons data – Unlocking the evidence

Strengthening the frontline

This report from Samaritans and Centre for Mental Health explored the role of GP services in helping people who are at risk of suicide, reviewing the evidence about what GPs and their colleagues could do to help save...

Suicide and self-harm in Britain: researching risk and resilience using UK surveys

This study from NatCen informs self-harm and suicide prevention work through survey analysis and consultation with people with lived experience. You can read more on their website www.natcen.ac.uk

Loneliness, suicide and young people

Around 200 young people die by suicide every year. This report investigates the relationship between loneliness and suicide in young people, and if or how they may be connected.

Understanding and preventing suicide: A psychological perspective

A Silent Killer: Breaking the link between financial difficulty and suicide

Building Suicide-Safer Schools and Colleges

Samaritans media guidelines for reporting suicide

In August 2020, Samaritans launched the sixth edition of their media guidelines to incorporate the latest research on the impact of reported suicides in the media on suicide rates. On average, more than 6,000...

Supporting someone who feels suicidal – Providing Individual Support

This booklet from Mind explains how to support someone who feels suicidal, giving practical suggestions for what you can do and where you can go for support.

Coping with loss factsheet – Providing Individual Support

Losing someone you care about to suicide is devastating and can make you feel many different ways. This factsheet, written by Rethink Mental Illness, looks at what support is available when someone you know has taken...

It’s safe to talk about suicide – Providing Individual Support

Short leaflet to provide guidance on what you could say or do if you are worried that someone may be thinking about suicide.

Coping with self-harm – Providing Individual Support

This guide has been developed, by researchers at the University of Oxford, through talking to parents and carers of young people, and is aimed at helping parents, carers, other family members and friends cope when a...

The truth about self-harm – Providing Individual Support

This booklet, created by the Mental Health Foundation, aims to help you understand more about self-harm and what to do if you are worried about yourself or someone else. It explains what self-harm is, what to do if you...

Save this card – it might save a life – Providing Individual Support

For World Suicide Prevention Day 2016 the NSPA and its members produced ‘save this card’ z-cards with tips on how to look after yourself and how to look out for your mates.

The National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health – At Risk Populations

This toolkit has been developed by the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health (NCISH) from the NICE Quality Standard (QS34) covering the initial management of self-harm and the provision...

Coping with self-harm – At Risk Populations

The truth about self-harm – At Risk Populations

Suicide prevention toolkit for workplaces Reducing the Risk

Business in the Community has partnered with Public Health England to produce an online interconnected suite of toolkits to help every organisation support the mental and physical health and wellbeing of its employees.

Suicide postvention toolkit for workplaces

Identifying and responding to suicide clusters

This PHE document is for people with responsibility for suicide prevention in local authorities and their partner agencies.

Preventing suicides in public places

PHE guidance for those with responsibility for suicide prevention in local authorities and their partner agencies. It has been developed to help them contribute to the delivery of the national suicide prevention...

Supporting online communities

Preventing suicide among trans young people

RCN and PHE guidance for health professionals looking to increase their skills and knowledge of suicide prevention strategies with trans young people.

Preventing suicide among lesbian, gay and bisexual young people

RCN and PHE guidance for health professionals looking to increase their skills and knowledge of suicide prevention strategies with LGB young people.

NICE Guidelines: Preventing suicide in community and custodial settings – Toolkits and Guidelines

Providing support after suicide services: a suite of resources – Toolkits and Guidelines

Self-harm and suicide prevention frameworks – Toolkits and Guidelines

Health Education England (HEE) and the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (NCCMH) have launched a series of self-harm and suicide prevention frameworks.

The National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health – Toolkits and Guidelines

Suicide Prevention National Transformation Programme – Toolkits and Guidelines

The Suicide Prevention National Transformation Programme has been established in response to a national commitment to reduce deaths by suicide by 10%, by 2020/21. Additional funding has been allocated to eight...

The National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health

Preventing suicide a global imperative WHO report

This report from the World Health Organisation encourages countries to continue the good work where it is already on-going, and to place suicide prevention high on the agenda, regardless of where a country stands...

Suicide Prevention National Transformation Programme

Mental Health Needs of the Perinatal Population During the COVID-19 Crisis – COVID-19

This report, by the Health Innovation Network, focuses on the mental health needs of the perinatal population during the COVID-19 crisis and how the changes enforced by the virus are affecting these needs.

NSPA Online Discussion Groups – COVID-19

Suicide Prevention National Transformation Programme – Local Suicide Prevention

Thames Valley Real-Time Suicide Surveillance System – Local Suicide Prevention

This resource pack has been designed for Coroners, Police, Local Authority Public Health Suicide Prevention Leads and others who are involved in suicide prevention work. The three key purposes of this resource pack are...

Providing a lifeline: Effective scrutiny of local strategies to prevent or reduce suicide – Local Suicide Prevention

The Centre for Public Scrutiny has collaborated with the Local Government Association and the Association of Directors of Public Health to create a guide that aims to help councillors and local scrutiny committees build...

Suicide prevention webinar – Local Suicide Prevention

Following the publication of guidance on local suicide prevention planning, a series of master-classes were held across the country. This page provides a webinar version of those classes, to help any organisation better...

Highways England suicide prevention strategy- Local Suicide Prevention

Their suicide prevention strategy outlines how they will improve the safety of our roads by reducing the number of people who attempt to take their lives and reduce the devastating impact suicide has when these...

Category: At risk populations

Leeds GATE Don’t Be Beat Project Evaluation and Learning

Self-harm and the COVID-19 pandemic: A study of factors contributing to self-harm during lockdown restrictions – ScienceDirect

Samaritans: One year on: how the coronavirus pandemic has affected wellbeing and suicidality

Suicide by middle-aged men

Bipolar UK: moving support online during Covid-19 (film)

Engaging men earlier: a guide to service design

Samaritans policy briefs: Suicide and self-harm prevention during Coronavirus

Samaritans guidelines for managing self-harm and suicide online

Mind Your Language

Local Suicide Prevention Planning: A Practice Resource

Self-harm Management Toolkit for Educational Settings

Addressing Mental Health and Psychosocial Aspects of COVID-19 Outbreak

Suicide-Safer Universities

Finding the words – Providing Individual Support

How to cope with suicidal feelings – Providing Individual Support

Help is at Hand – Providing Individual Support

Suicidal thoughts – how to support someone – Providing Individual Support

Responding to the death of a colleague in Primary Care: A postvention framework

Suicide prevention strategy for England 2012

Cross-Government Suicide Prevention Work-plan

Progress reports on England’s suicide prevention strategy

Health Select Committee Report on inquiry into suicide prevention strategy – 2017

NICE Quality Standard – Suicide Prevention

Autistica Action Briefing: Suicide Prevention

Internet Safety Strategy: Green paper & Response to the Consultation – Policy and Strategy

Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision: A Green Paper & Response to the Consultation

NICE Quality Standards – Self-Harm

Five Year Forward View

Local Suicide Prevention Planning: A Practice Resource (Sept 2020) – Local Suicide Prevention

Local Government Association and NSPA Case Studies – Local Suicide Prevention

Case studies – Local Suicide Prevention

Information sheets – Local Suicide Prevention

Slideset: local suicide prevention planning – Local Suicide Prevention

Providing support after suicide services: a suite of resources – Local Suicide Prevention

Local Suicide Prevention films – How local organisations can work together to engage people with lived experience of suicide

The importance of responsible reporting of suicide (film) – Local Suicide Prevention

Local Suicide Prevention Planning in England – Local Suicide Prevention

NICE Guidelines: Preventing suicide in community and custodial settings

Self-harm and suicide prevention frameworks

No health without mental health

Consensus statement on information sharing

From Grief To Hope

Samaritans Pushed from pillar to post

Report on APPG inquiry into support available for young people who self-harm

Self-harm Management Toolkit for Educational Settings – At Risk Populations

Suicide-Safer Universities – At Risk Populations

Building Suicide-Safer Schools and Colleges

Men and suicide: why it’s a social issue – At Risk Populations

Dying from inequality – At Risk Populations

Autistica Action Briefing: Suicide Prevention – At Risk Populations

National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health annual reports – At Risk Populations

MaSH Learning: Management of Self-Harm in the Emergency Department – At Risk Populations

Supporting online communities – At Risk Populations

Samaritans prisons data – Unlocking the evidence – At Risk Populations

Help is at Hand – At Risk Populations

Preventing suicide among trans young people – At Risk Populations

Understanding Suicidal Distress and Promoting Survival in LGBT Communities – At Risk Populations

Suicide and self-harm in Britain: researching risk and resilience using UK surveys – At Risk Populations

NICE Quality Standards – Self-Harm – At Risk Populations

Self-harm in older adults – At Risk Populations

Preventing suicide among lesbian, gay and bisexual young people – At Risk Populations

Help when we needed it most – At Risk Populations

Providing support after suicide services: a suite of resources – At Risk Populations

Loneliness, suicide and young people – At Risk Populations

A Silent Killer: Breaking the link between financial difficulty and suicide – At Risk Populations

Domestic abuse and suicide: Exploring the links – At Risk Populations

NCISH Suicide in England since the COVID-19 pandemic – COVID-19

Case studies: how organisations have responded to Covid-19 – COVID-19

Webinar: Reaching and supporting children and young people during Covid-19 – COVID-19

Webinar: Self-harm prevention during Covid-19

Webinar: Reaching and supporting men during Covid-19 – COVID-19

Public Health England COVID-19: mental health and wellbeing surveillance report – COVID-19

COVID-19, unemployment, and suicide – COVID-19

Suicide risk and prevention during the COVID-19 pandemic – COVID-19

A New Social Contract for a mentally healthier society – COVID-19

Covid-19: understanding inequalities in mental health during the pandemic – COVID-19

Covid-19 and the nation’s mental health Forecasting needs and risks in the UK: July 2020 – COVID-19

Coronavirus: Mental Health in the Pandemic – COVID-19

COVID-19 Social Study – UCL – COVID-19