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Recommendations for readers, from our Editor-in-Chief Andrea Cipriani Find out more at: mentalhealth.bmj.com #bmjeditors #bmjpublishingtips #bmjjournalinsights

It is estimated that currently more than 700,000 suicides occur per year worldwide, and each suicide profoundly affects many more people. This #WorldSuicidePreventionDay, let us aim to change the narrative on suicide and #StartTheConversation. More info: iasp.info/wspd/

#WorldSuicidePreventionDay tomorrow - new SOM e-News Postvention resource now available - som.org.uk/suicide-postve… World Suicide Prevention Day American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Centre for Mental Health Suicide Prevention Australia Suicide Prevention Scotland SuicidePreventionUK SuicidePreventionKit Samaritans Mental Health Foundation Mind Mindful Employer Mates In Mind

Not infrequently, a colleague's dying by suicide can cause significant psychological ripples across the workforce. Whilst it'd be ideal never to need this resource, when a suicide does happen, managers will find a wealth of practically focused advice in this guide. Take a look!

According to the latest data, suicide rates are at the highest level since 1999. Three quarters of suicides are by men, but the number of suicides amongst women has increased, and is now greater than in 1994. Nobody should go through suicidal feelings alone. Our patient leaflet

💬CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS💬 Dr Josefien Breedvelt and I are recruiting UK-based 16-25 year olds to take part in an online interview to hear your thoughts on tools used to predict your risk of developing anxiety or depression. Click the link below to sign up! 👇 qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_cT…

Our Suicide Prevention Lead Dr Raphael Ogbolu wants people to ask direct questions about suicide. He uses the acronym ORJESTA to help you remember how to tackle this challenging conversation #WSPD bit.ly/3MGNG5q

Today is #WorldSuicidePreventionDay. If you or someone you know needs help, call or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Visit our suicide prevention page to learn more: ow.ly/hOuA50TjZOz #YouMatter #MentalHealthMatters

Bereavement by suicide devastates families, friends & whole communities. So pleased to see this Wales wide suicide bereavement service launched & proud to have played a part in driving this work, which is so close to my heart, forward. #WSPD24 #SuicidePrevention

Suicide prevention is personal for me. It’s therefore such a privilege to support fellow healthcare profs by 4MentalHealth partnering with Doctors In Distress and NHS Practitioner Health to offer free places on our Suicide Awareness for Profs webinar to mark #WorldSuicidePreventionDay

People often think about suicide as a mental health problem. This excellent article from JAMA Psychiatry shows what I teach daily: ALL medical conditions are associated with suicide, whether or not a mental health disorder is involved. jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap… /1

1 in 20 mental health patients who die by suicide are recent migrants to the UK. We found evidence of serious stressors and poor connection to support services. A #suicideprevention priority. Recent NCISH study. #WSPD2024 thelancet.com/journals/eclin…

Thank you for sharing Professor Elizabeth McKay 🙏🏼✨️

Such good timing …a new publication on #PPIE and #dementia for the DemFoCAS team Health & Social Care University of Essex East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust ESNEFT Research and presenting today Day2 RCN Research Forum The RCN Northumbria Uni #RCNresearch24 #Nursing #Research ↘️ dx.doi.org/10.1111/hex.70…

On #WorldSuicidePreventionDay2024, We share the paper by Seena Fazel, which is about the development and validation of a multivariable clinical prediction rule (OxSATS) to assess the risk of #death#suicide following #selfharm presentations to #healthcare. Dr Alys Cole-King

Crucial task in psychiatry is judging risk of suicide & violence. Problem is both are rare event needles in haystacks. Easy to pick out high risk groups/impossible to pick out who & when. Dozens of scales help clinical judgment/will inform AI- but all have high false + rates.

"Impossible to pick out who & when" Allen Frances highlights above what so many of us that are involved in #MentalHealth services experience. Through experience - whether this be via a death of a loved one, patient or colleague 💔 we need to work hard & increase #research &

ProfessorCarolynCG Prof Linda Gask Agree it’s complex - especially trap of ‘resilience shaming’, incorrect focus personal resilience vs collective/org etc. Also ‘resilience’ only possible if enough ‘resources’ and non-toxic situation - but what other term can we all use? It’s so tricky Dr Nagina Khan BMJ Mental Health

BMJ Mental Health Andrea Cipriani Robert Howard Allen Frances George Dawson Joe Pierre, MD Sss BMJ Group Mental Health & Wellbeing Show Dr Nagina Khan Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry Interesting study. However, they did not assess for ACE's or current social support, both of which may substantially affect, or explain, psychological resilience.