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ONS suicide statistics 2006-2017
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 provides information about the challenges we have with suicide data, guidance about how to (and how not to) use statistics, and the differences between how the individual countries produce the final suicide statistics.
Samaritans suicide statistics report 2018 – using data from 2017
Samaritans suicide statistics report 2017 – including data for 2013-2015
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 available data on suicide, associated prevalence, risk factors, and service contact among groups at increased risk. The links below take you to the PHE site containing the live data.
National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health annual reports
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 findings are presented on sudden unexplained deaths (SUD) under mental health care in England and Wales.
Their large and internationally unique database is a national case series of suicide, homicide and SUD by mental health patients over 20 years. This allows them to examine the circumstances surrounding these incidents and changes in trends over time, and to make recommendations for clinical practice and policy to improve safety in mental health care.
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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 lives among people with suicidal feelings.
A Silent Killer: Breaking the link between financial difficulty and suicide
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 essential services providers.
A Silent Killer: Breaking the link between financial difficulty and suicide
MaSH Learning: Management of Self-Harm in the Emergency Department
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 based at The University of Manchester.
This resource has been designed to help people understand more about why people may self-harm and how to help people who present to hospital emergency departments after self-harm.
MaSH Learning: Management of Self-Harm in the Emergency Department
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 self-harm and injury or poisoning of undetermined intent, based on the coroner’s findings.
Men and suicide: why it’s a social issue
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 overview of research from a range of disciplines and case studies.
Dying from inequality
Socioeconomic disadvantage is a key risk factor for suicidal behaviour, and this report by Samaritans seeks to explain the reasons why.
Domestic abuse and suicide: Exploring the links
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 supports existing research in suggesting a significant association between experiencing domestic abuse and suffering negative psychological effects. And highlights the importance of professionals that engage with domestically abused people being more aware of and responsive to their risk of suicidality.
Understanding and preventing suicide: A psychological perspective
The British Psychological Society position paper.
Understanding and preventing suicide: A psychological perspective