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Suicide: key references


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

National Programme for improving Mental Health and Well-Being: action plan.  Scottish Executive, 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.