Resource Types: Guidelines/Recommendations

Recommendations for: Youth suicide prevention training for early identification and referral (gatekeeper training)

These recommendations were developed for SAMHSA grantees and others interested in implementing community-based youth suicide prevention training. Recommendations are intended to specifically address gatekeeper training that is designed to equip members of the community to identify youth with an increased potential for suicide and refer them to appropriate sources of help.

Description:

Developed by the Lessons Learned Working Group (LLWG), Recommendations for Youth Suicide Prevention Training for Early Identification and Referral (Gatekeeper Training) provides research-based recommendations for those interested in selecting or developing, and then implementing a gatekeeper training program to prevent suicide. The Recommendations were developed based on (1) a review of the available research literature, (2) data collected from Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act (GLS) grant sites, and (3) direct input from selected GLS grantees. The group created seven recommendations for the selection or development, as well as implementation, of gatekeeper training programs to identify and refer those at risk for suicide. Draft versions of the Recommendations were then reviewed and modified based on input from program developers and experts in the field of suicide prevention. Because these recommendations are based on research and evaluation and informed by lessons learned from grantees, the LLWG believes they are likely to improve the effectiveness of gatekeeper training for youth suicide prevention.

Objectives:

Those who read the recommendations will have:
1.Increased understanding of protocols that should accompany gatekeeper training programs to increase effectiveness and safety.
2.Increased awareness of the importance of tailoring gatekeeper training programs to meet local needs.
3.Increased knowledge of the importance of selecting gatekeepers who are likely to be effective in their gatekeeper role.

Preventing Suicide: A resource for suicide case registration

The aim of this publication is to provide a resource on how to establish or improve registration systems for suicide mortality.

It is part of a series addressed to specific social and professional groups that are particularly relevant to the prevention of suicide and released under the auspices of SUPRE, an IASP/WHO worldwide initiative for the prevention of suicide

Self-harm: Longer-term management

This UK guideline follows on from ‘Self-harm: the short-term physical and psychological management and secondary prevention of self-harm in primary and secondary care’ (NICE clinical guideline 16), which covered the treatment of self-harm within the first 48 hours of an incident. It is concerned with the longer-term psychological treatment and management of both single and recurrent episodes of self-harm, and does not include recommendations for the physical treatment of self-harm or for psychosocial management in emergency departments.

Suicide care in systems framework

This report represents the findings and recommendations of the Clinical Care and Intervention Task Force to the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention. The Task Force focused its deliberations and recommendations on care in four environments: (1) Emergency Departments and Medical-Surgical Units; (2) Primary Care and General Medical Settings; (3) Behavioral Health Entities; and (4) Crisis Services.
In addition to face-to-face service delivery, the Task Force has incorporated the growing use of technology to deliver care (e.g., telephone lines, e-help, texting, blogs, and social networks). An environmental scan focused on a number of programs that have garnered attention for their novel approaches and positive outcomes.

Editors’ code of practice

This set of guidelines that is widely used in the UK concerns ethical considerations in reporting.  It includes the following statement, “When reporting suicide, care should be taken to avoid excessive detail about the method used.”

Recommendations for Reporting on Suicide

This website provides free access to research-based recommendations for reporting on suicide

Program Objectives

Media that implement the recommendations will:

  1. Reduce the type of language in reporting that may increase suicide risk of contagion.
  2. Reflect in their reporting an understanding of the causes of suicide, its relationship to mental illness, and the effectiveness of treatments.
  3. Avoid reporting myths and misunderstandings about suicide.
  4. Better understand the questions to ask and angles to pursue when reporting about suicide

Recommendations for reporting on suicide (Spanish, German, and French)

This two-page fact sheet, available in Spanish, German, and French, provides research-based recommendations for reporting on suicide. Recommendations for Reporting on Suicide is available for free. It can be downloaded from http://reportingonsuicide.org/.

Program Objectives:

Media that implement the recommendations will:

  1. Reduce the type of language in reporting that may increase suicide risk of contagion.
  2. Reflect in their reporting an understanding of the causes of suicide, its relationship to mental illness, and the effectiveness of treatments.
  3. Avoid reporting myths and misunderstandings about suicide.
  4. Better understand the questions to ask and angles to pursue when reporting about suicide.

Towards good practice: Standards and guidelines for suicide bereavement support group

Towards Good Practice: Standards and Guidelines for Suicide Bereavement Support Groups was developed by Lifeline Australia and others to support those who develop, facilitate, or participate in suicide bereavement support groups. The Standards and Guidelines provide a voluntary code of conduct to assist in the development of support group services and review of support group quality, safety and effectiveness. These standards can provide a useful benchmark against which suicide bereavement support groups can be examined, improved and validated.
The Standards and Guidelines are organized into four topic areas:
• Establishment and maintenance.
• Philosophy and processes.
• Facilitation and management.
• Services.
While the Standards and Guidelines were developed specifically for use by suicide bereavement support groups, they could also provide practice guidance in other support group settings or for other suicide bereavement services.
Objective: Users of the Standards and Guidelines should have increased knowledge of research and practitioner-based support group guidelines and standards.