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Dos and don'ts in designing school-based awareness programs for suicide prevention: Results of a three-stage Delphi survey.
Conclusion: The promotion of help-seeking and peer support as well as facilitating access to mental health-care utilities appear pivotal for the success of school-based awareness programs. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention)
Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention - June 3, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Method-specific suicide rates and accessibility of means: A small-area analysis in Taipei City, Taiwan.
Conclusion: The findings have implications for identifying high-risk groups for charcoal-burning suicide (e.g., vulnerable individuals living alone) and preventing jumping suicides by increasing the safety of high buildings. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention)
Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention - May 24, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Railway suicide in the Netherlands lower than expected: Are preventive measures effective?
Conclusions: This decline of railway suicides in the Netherlands may indicate that preventive measures taken by ProRail were effective and prevented around 85 railway suicides annually, a reduction of 30%. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention)
Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention - May 24, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Characteristics of online comments following high-profile celebrity suicide.
Conclusions: Despite concerns over the potential dangers of the Internet on suicide, it can serve as a place for individuals to share personal stories and obtain support from others. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention)
Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention - May 24, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Analysis of suicides reported as adverse events in psychiatry resulted in nine quality improvement initiatives.
Conclusion: Most of the risk assessments among suicides reported as adverse events to our mental health facilities were insufficient. Quality improvement initiatives focusing on training, documentation, involving relatives, communication, and data sharing must be planned to improve clinical care. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention)
Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention - May 24, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Long-term effects of a comprehensive police suicide prevention program: 22-year follow-up.
We examined coroners’ investigations of police deaths from 2009 through 2018. Results: From 2009 to 2018, Montreal suicide rates increased but this was not significantly different from the previous 12 years and the rate for other Quebec police remained significantly higher than Montreal (p (Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention)
Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention - May 20, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Self-stigma and its relationship with rates of depression diagnosis: A study of suicide notes in Shanghai and Wuhan, China.
Conclusion: Self-stigma items varied across regions and age groups, but not with depression. Therefore, self-stigma expressed by suicide decedents may not reflect help-seeking behaviours from professional mental health services. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention)
Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention - May 17, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Violations of suicide-prevention guidelines in US media coverage of physician's suicide death during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Conclusion: These violations highlight a range of opportunities to improve suicide prevention in the media, which has a responsibility to ensure reporting does not exacerbate the risk of suicide. Improved adherence to these guidelines could reduce harm for healthcare workers during the pandemic. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention)
Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention - May 13, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Staff perspectives of safety planning as a suicide prevention intervention for people of refugee and asylum-seeker background: A qualitative investigation.
Conclusion: As a relatively low-cost, flexible intervention, safety planning may be valuable and effective for these groups. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention)
Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention - May 13, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for family members and other informal support persons of individuals who have made a suicide attempt: A systematic review.
Conclusion: Given the low number of studies and their overall poor quality, this review can only draw preliminary conclusions. More high-quality intervention studies are needed to formulate recommendations for effective psychosocial support for family members and other informal support persons after a suicide attempt. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention)
Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention - May 13, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

An evaluation of suicide prevention education for people working with refugees and asylum seekers: Improvements in competence, attitudes, and confidence.
Conclusion: Findings suggest that a 2 days tailored suicide prevention education program contributes to significant improvements in workers’ attitudes toward suicide prevention, and their confidence and competence in assessing and responding to suicidal distress. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention)
Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention - May 13, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research