Preventing suicide in community and custodial settings Evidence review 9 for preventing suicides in residential custodial and detention settings

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2018)

NICE - n/a

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Evidence Categories

• Care setting: Other settings
• Care setting: Prisons
• Population group: Adults
• Population group: Children & Adolescents
• Population group: Prisoner/ ex prisoner
• Intervention: Selective interventions: Multicomponent (multiple selective components)
• Outcome: Suicide

Type of Evidence

NICE Underpinning Review

Overview

This evidence review underpinning NICE guidance NG105 aimed to determine the effective interventions that may can have impact on preventing suicide in custodial setting. 

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? 2. How effective and cost effective are interventions to support people in the community who are bereaved or affected by a suicide? 3. What interventions are effective and cost effective in reducing suicide rates in custodial and residential settings? 4. How effective and cost effective is gatekeeper training in preventing suicides?