Information on Suicide Seminar

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• Information on Suicide Seminar
• Mental Health Ireland
• 6th October 2007
• Hodson Bay Hotel
• Geoff Day, Director,
• National Office for Suicide Prevention

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World Health Organisation view

• Worldwide suicide is a significant public health
  problem
• Worldwide
• one suicide every minute
• - one attempt every 3 seconds
• More people die from suicide than armed conflict
• On average a single suicide intimately affects at
  least six people

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Extent of potential suicidal behaviour
N 500 (approx) AE presentations 11,000 DSH
in the community 70,000? N 1 million?
Suicide
Deliberate self harm
Suicidal thoughts, hopelessness poor mental
health
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Republic of Ireland Suicide, RTAs Undetermined
Deaths, 1980-2003 (numbers)
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Pre Reach Out

• 11 Resource Officers for Suicide Prevention
• Some AE self harm staff
• Funding
• National Suicide Research Foundation
• Irish Association of Suicidology
• National Suicide Review Group
• - 60 projects
• 1999-2004 - 16m cumulative
• Annual Investment 4.25m

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Reach Out

• 96 Actions in 3 Phases
• Phase 1 Years 1-3
• 30 Actions cost 5.5m
• Allocation 3.55m in last 2 years
• Dormant Accounts through Pobal
• 1.66m 2005-2008 for 29 projects

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What Works?

• GP Education Programmes
• Skills and Problem Solving
• Restriction of Access to Means
• Education of Community Gatekeepers
• Treatment of Mental Illness
• Follow up after Self Harm
• Responsible Media Reporting
• Strong Connections to Family and Community
  Support

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Funded work

• HSE
• AE self harm service
• ASIST
• Training Development Officers
• Mental Health Awareness Campaign
• Bereavement Services Review

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Funded work

• NGOs
• ?NSRF ?IAS
• ?Console ?Living Links
• ?Cluain Mhuire ?Bodywhys
• ?Headline (SI) ?ASIST (Aware NYC)
• ?Cross Care ?BelongTo
• ?GLEN ?Young Social Innovators
• ?Community Creations
• ?Bereavement Service HSE SE

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Future direction

• Consolidate and coordinate work
• Ensure sustainable and increased funding stream
• Review and evaluate what we do
• Examine evidence and best practice
• Develop our own research
• Maintain consultation

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• Frequently it is communities themselves who take
  the lead in setting up novel local responses to
  care for their own. However a problem arises
  when different groups continue to mushroom in
  isolation from others, without adequate sharing
  of their acquired experience, support and
  training
• From Suicide in Ireland Everybodys Problem
• Summary of the Forum hosted by President McAleese
  2/3/05

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• Geoff.Day1_at_hse.ie
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