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Preventing suicide in community and custodial settings. Evidence review 4 for information, advice, education and training

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2018)

NICE - n/a

Evidence Categories

Care setting: Healthcare Setting
Care setting: Other settings
Care setting: Prisons
Population group: Adults
Population group: Children & Adolescents
Population group: Prisoner/ ex prisoner
Intervention: Universal Intervention: Gate keeper training
Intervention: Selective interventions: Psychosocial Interventions
Intervention: Selective interventions: Educational interventions
Outcome: Suicide

Type of Evidence

NICE Underpinning Review

Overview

"This evidence review underpinning NICE guidance NG105 aimed to determine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of non-clinical interventions to help staff and members of the public recognise and respond to signs of distress or crisis that may indicate someone is contemplating suicide, and to determine the effectiveness of non-clinical interventions to support people who are at risk of suicidal acts."

Recommendations

"The evidence from this review supports the recommendations 1.7: Training by suicide prevention partnerships.

The following recommendation for research is also based on this evidence review: 4. How effective and cost effective is gatekeeper training in preventing suicides?"