The national suicide prevention strategy for England: the reality of a national strategy for the nursing profession
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Suicide is recognized as a global phenomenon and many countries now have national suicide prevention strategies. International guidance on suicide prevention and accepted epidemiological and treatment-based research underpins healthcare policy relating to suicide reduction. There has been an established comprehensive strategy in England since 2002. However, the rate of suicide continues to be a concern and nurses hold a key role in the implementation of national, regional and local policy into practice. The aim of this paper is to consider the current implications of the national suicide prevention strategy in England for nursing. This discussion paper draws upon both empirical evidence-based literature, governmental guidance and policy-related documentation. The national suicide prevention strategy for England currently continues to have a multifaceted impact on the nursing profession. This ranges from clinical practice issues such as risk assessment through to broader public health responsibilities. If nurses and allied health professionals are to be effective in their role within suicide prevention, they will need to be supported in building awareness of the wider context of the national policy. In particular, this will mean working effectively and collaboratively with the voluntary sector, service users and other non-medical agencies.
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Intensive postdischarge case management programs have been shown elsewhere to be effective in reducing suicides after psychiatric hospital discharge.
“Intensive postdischarge case management programs, which are not used in VHA, have been shown elsewhere to be effective in reducing suicides after psychiatric hospital discharge (9–16), leading to recommendations to add such programs to existing postdischarge suicide preventive interventions (17).”
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Intensive postdischarge case management programs, which are not used in VHA, have been shown elsewhere to be effective in reducing suicides after psychiatric hospital discharge.
“intensive postdischarge case management programs, which are not used in VHA, have been shown elsewhere to be effective in reducing suicides after psychiatric hospital discharge (9–16)”
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- Authors
- ANDERSON, M., & JENKINS, R.
- Affiliations
- University of Nottingham (GB)
- Corresponding author
- ANDERSON, M.
- ORCID
- JENKINS, R.
- Venue
- Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2006-11-06
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 641-650
- ISSN
- 1351-0126 (ISSN-L)
- 1365-2850
- OpenAlex
- W1971875379
- Cited by
- 29
- References
- 47
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 0.33
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Issues, ethics and legal aspects › Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership
- Keywords
- suicide prevention, national suicide prevention strategy, England, nursing role, health policy implementation, suicide risk assessment, public health responsibility, inter-agency cooperation, voluntary sector, service user involvement
- MeSH terms
- Suicide Prevention, Cooperative Behavior, England, Goals, Health Policy, Health Priorities, Health Promotion, Health Services Needs and Demand, Humans, Interinstitutional Relations, Mental Health Services, Nursing Assessment, Organizational Objectives, Psychiatric Nursing, Psychotherapy, State Medicine, Suicide, Risk Assessment, Evidence-Based Medicine, Nurse's Role
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