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Preventing suicide in community and custodial settings. Evidence review 8 for suicide awareness campaigns.

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2018)

NICE - n/a

Evidence Categories

  • Care setting: Other settings
  • Population group: Adults
  • Population group: Children & Adolescents
  • Intervention: Universal Intervention: Awareness raising
  • Intervention: Universal Intervention: Media reporting interventions
  • Intervention: Selective interventions: Awareness raising
  • 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 awareness campaigns to help people reduce stigma associated with suicidality, enable people to talk about suicidal thoughts and emotional distress and increase their help-seeking behaviours. Only evidence statements meeting the scope of this topic evidence map have been reported below. For full detail and information on the other outcomes, please refer to the full-text.

Recommendations

The evidence from this review supports the recommendations 1.5: Awareness raising by suicide prevention partnerships.

The following recommendations for research is also based on this evidence review: 1. How effective and cost effective are non-clinical interventions to reduce suicidal behaviours? 3. What interventions are effective and cost effective in reducing suicide rates in custodial and residential settings?

Also In This Category

    No other evidence in this category.