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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?"

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