ChooseLife North Lanarkshire

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ChooseLifeNorth Lanarkshire

• 2005-2009

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Statistics

• 2008 there were 843 deaths by suicide in Scotland
• 61 suicides in North Lanarkshire
• 19 of which were female

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Joint working

• ChooseLife implementation Group
• Chaired by North Lanarkshire Council (funding
  holders)
• NHS Lanarkshire
• Housing
• Addictions
• Mental health voluntary organisations

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Service

• The service is managed by SAMH
• Provide training in ASIST (Applied Suicide
  Intervention Skills training),SafeTALK, and Tune
  Up
• Key part of Suicide Assessment and Treatment
  Pathway
• Written out Suicide Dont hide it. Talk about
  it booklet with the New Zealand Ministry for
  health
• Design of the online mental health training site
• www.northlanmindset.org.uk

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Training

• Over 1500 people trained in ASIST
• Over 300 trained in SafeTALK
• 450 trained in STORM
• Including young people at school (over 16 years),
  Taxi drivers, students and volunteers
• MindSET over 650 people have completed the course

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Health Promotion/ Awareness raising

• Taxis
• Buses
• Local awareness campaigns
• Links with Physical activity and mental well
  being
• Mental Health Arts and Film Festival SoundMinds
• Motherwell Football Club

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What can we learn?
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Levels of Co-ordination