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Suicide: key references and evidence

References

Choose Life : A National Strategy and Action Plan to Prevent Suicide in Scotland.  Scottish Government, 2002.

National Programme for improving Mental Health and Well-Being: action plan.  Scottish Government, 2003.PDF Button(289kb)


Platt S, Boyle P, Crombie I, Feng Z, Exeter D. The epidemiology of suicide in Scotland 1989-2004: an examination of temporal trends and risk factors at national and local levels.  Scottish Executive, 2007.

Stark C, Hopkins P, Gibbs D, Rapson T, Belbin A, Hay A. Suicide in Scotland: Trends, Occupational Associations and Rurality. University of Aberdeen, 2004.

Levin KA. Leyland AH. Urban/rural inequalities in suicide in Scotland, 1981-1999. Soc Sci Med 2005; 60: 287790.

Boyle P, Exeter D, Feng Z, Flowerdew R. Suicide gap among young adults in Scotland: population study. BMJ 2005; 330: 175-6.

Hawton K (ed). Prevention and treatment of suicidal behaviour: from science to practice. Oxford University Press, 2005.

Camidge RD, Stockton DL, Frame S, Wood R, Bain M, Bateman DN.  Hospital admissions and deaths relating to deliberate self-harm and accidents within five years of a cancer diagnosis: A national study in Scotland, UK.  BJC 2007; 96: 752-757.

Risk and Protective Factors for Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour: A systematic international literature review of review-level data on suicide risk factors and primary evidence of protective factors against suicide. Scottish Government, 2008.

Towards a Mentally Flourishing Scotland, 2009-2011: This policy and action plan outlines the Government's plans for mental health improvement for the period 2009-2011.  Scottish Government, 2009

A report by Meltzer and others titled Non-fatal suicidal behaviour among adults aged 16 to 74 in Great BritainPDF Button(575kb) presents the analysis of the data on suicidal thoughts and attempts collected in the 2000 ONS survey of psychiatric morbidity among adults in Great Britain.

 

Effectiveness evidence

ScotPHO’s purpose is to describe the pattern of health across the Scottish population. As a supplementary service to users, we include the following links to external sources of quality-assured evidence on effectiveness of interventions which may include relevant material for this topic.

NHS Health Scotland: Scottish perspectives on NICE public health guidance - Index page

National Library for Public Health - Home page

Centre for Reviews and Dissemination - Home page

Cochrane Reviews - Topic index page

EPPI-Centre: Evidence library - Home page

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidance - Topic index page

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) - Home page

Note: The effectiveness evidence links are provided as an aid to users. They are by no means exhaustive nor should they be necessarily viewed as authoritative. The usual ScotPHO disclaimer about links to external sites applies.