We have published a report on Suicide by people in contact with drug and alcohol services. In this, we make recommendations for practice to improve safety for people under the care of drug and alcohol services. manchester.ac.uk/ncish/reports/… #NCISH2024

We have previously examined suicide in older adult patients. Clinical services should be aware of the lower rate of contact w/ specialist MH care in this age grp, different patterns of clinical risk, lower rates of self-harm & substance misuse. sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/reports/… #NCISH2024

Thank you to all attendees for joining our #NCISH2024 conference yesterday. There were some questions we did not have time to answer during the Q&A session. We have grouped these into broad themes and linked these to our related reports & papers. We will post these here.

Our most important event of the year today & it seemed to go well.

Updating evidence on suicide by #mentalhealth patients - inpatients, autism/ADHD, students, public places.

Recommendations for safer care across the UK.

And many excellent q’s from our audience of almost 600.

Thank you NCISH Team.

Thoroughly enjoyed the conference today. 🧡

Thank you so much for asking me to Chair today NCISH louis appleby It was wonderful to be part of your 10th Conference. I made it to my Masters Lecture too with a head full of new information LJMU Counselling & Psychotherapy Practice 💫

Our Chair Angela Samata CF has now closed our #NCISH2024 conference. Thank you to all attendees for joining us today. Many thanks also to Angela Samata CF and our Guest Speaker Philip Pirie.

.louis appleby thanks our Prof Jenny Shaw for her work at the Inquiry since its start in 1996, especially on homicide. Jenny will be retiring from her role at NCISH and we wish her all the very best #NCISH2024

Professor Shaw says that there is a need for a partnership between young people, parents and schools as to how to best mange social media and internet usage #NCISH2024

.louis appleby says that the Online Safety Bill is an important step to regulate online vulnerability. We must make progress in tackling online risk and this extends beyond social media usage #NCISH2024

Professor Kapur said that legislation may be part of the answer but it is also about educating children and young people and responsible use. We should also consider how we can best use social media to optimise our wellbeing #NCISH2024

We have received a lot of questions about social media at today’s #NCISH2024 conference. Philip Pirie says that social media can be both a good thing and bad thing and highlights the work of Ian Russell Molly Rose Foundation in pushing through important changes.

Services should be flexible and work together to address the complexity of dual diagnosis. There should be awareness of alcohol and drug issues in mental health services and vice versa #NCISH2024

Our Prof Jenny Shaw says that alcohol and drugs should be everyone’s concern and discusses the importance of joint working between alcohol and drug services and mental health services #NCISH2024

.louis appleby adds that there is also a need to recreate social cohesion. A mentally healthy society and hope are vital, particularly in young people #NCISH2024

Our panellists discuss what society can do with regards to suicide prevention: Philip Pirie says that there is a need to investigate stigma as a barrier to help-seeking whilst Prof Kapur mentions the prevalence of self-harm in people who die by suicide #NCISH2024

.louis appleby notes that clinicians do not typically enquire about gambling in their patients. However, gambling is now part of the 2023 #SuicidePrevention strategy and awareness has increased #NCISH2024