My team and I are very proud to announce that the 'At Your Side' suicide bereavement guides for the Armed Forces community are now available on Suicide Bereavement UK's website suicidebereavementuk.com/armedforces/ Please spread the word. Thank you. #AtYourSide

This week Dr Jodie Westhead will be presenting at our UoM Division of Psychology & Mental Health Seminar research seminar. The event is free to attend and is virtual. For details and registration see: tickettailor.com/events/univers… NIHR Greater Manchester PSRC NCISH

“Suicide is not a dirty word, but silence often is.” As part of a series of reflections by NSPA Lived Experience Influencers for #WSPD last year, Alice Brockway reflects on the power of truthfully discussing suicidality and how this can help drive change: bit.ly/3VTiu8T

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Next week our Dr Jodie Westhead will be presenting at the UoM Division of Psychology & Mental Health Seminar research seminar. The event is free to attend and is virtual. For details and registration see: tickettailor.com/events/univers… NIHR Greater Manchester PSRC

Similar to our NCISH study PLOS Medicine
tinyurl.com/3ne6vs4s, recent Office for National Statistics (ONS)
publication linking Census 2021/MOD service leavers data found
- suicide risk in male personnel leaving the UKAF was not higher than the male gen pop but
- there were important differences by age

Have you registered for the NCISH conference yet?

You'll hear more about the latest UK-wide findings on suicide from 2011-2021, as well as recommendations for clinical practice and policy that will improve safety.

🗓️ 7th May 2024 (10am - 1pm) zurl.co/zivg

New paper led by Lee Mulligan: Substance use and self-poisoning in schizophrenia: 11-year findings from a national clinical survey of suicide in mental health patients in England

New suicide figures for the final 3m of 2023 are published by Office for National Statistics (ONS) today, giving us rates for last year as a whole.

It is not good news.

The suicide rate rose 6% from 2022, the first substantial rise since 2018.

The rate was 11.1 per 100,000 people, highest figure since 1999.

We recommend you review each of our 10 ways to improve patient safety annually sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/#toolkits Our short video outlines these recommendations and you can access the toolkit here, to assess how you can improve suicide prevention in your service youtube.com/watch?v=ECJVvU…

Very pleased to have been invited to speak at this important annual #NCISH event on 7 May. It will present latest authoritative data on suicide and self-harm, so important for #suicideprevention .
Maria Caulfield MP Abena Oppong-Asare MP Claire Murdoch National Suicide Prevention Alliance Professional Standards Authority BACP

Delighted to be asked to Chair NCISH Always such an important and trusted source of information, research and guidance. Tickets are free and booking is in the link below 👇🏼 #Suicide #MentalHealth #Research #LivedExperience

30 homeless mental health patients die by suicide per year.

They have a range of mental illnesses, 1/6 schizophrenia. Alcohol/drug problems & self-harm are common. Half die in or soon after inpatient care.

High need & vulnerability.

NCISH study.

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