Publications
News
WHO: Preventing Suicide, a Resource for Media Professionals
In 1999, WHO launched SUPRE, its worldwide initiative for the prevention of suicide. This 2017 booklet is a 2nd revision of one of the resources prepared.
Research
The Harmful Impact of Online Content - a Literature Review
The Harmful Impact of Suicide and Self-harm Content Online: a Review of the Literature. From the National Suicide Research Foundation.
Policy
HSE National Office for Suicide Prevention Annual Report 2022
The annual report for the HSE National Office for Suicide Prevention (2022) provides information on all activities from the office for that year.
Resources
Suicide Prevention in the Community
Suicide Prevention in the Community (2023) - Connecting, Communicating, Caring: A Practical Guide
Guidelines
Samaritans Ireland: Media Guidelines for Reporting Suicide
Samaritans and IAS’ Media Guidelines for Reporting Suicide have been produced following extensive consultation with journalists and editors in the industry.
News
Counselling service review
HSE Bereavement Counselling Service for Traumatic Deaths in South East Community Healthcare, A Review of the Operation of the Service
Research
Irish Probable Suicide Deaths Study
The Irish Probable Suicide Deaths Study (IPSDS) presents information on probable suicide deaths in Ireland, for a four year period from 2015 to 2018
Policy
National Office for Suicide Prevention Annual Report 2021
The HSE National Office for Suicide Prevention (NOSP), Annual Report for 2021.
Resources
National Suicide Bereavement Support Guide
You Are Not Alone: Support for people who have been bereaved by suicide.
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Responding to a person in suicidal distress - a guidance document
This guide aims to support staff and volunteers working in public-facing roles to interact with people who present or contact the service in distress or at risk of suicide and self-harm.
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Developing a Community Response to Suicide
A resource to guide those developing and implementing an Inter-Agency Community Response Plan for incidents of suspected suicide.
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Showcasing Innovation across area-level CfL Action Plans
Showcasing Innovation across area-level Connecting for Life Suicide Prevention Action Plans
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NOSP National Education and Training Plan
Education and training has been identified as one of the key components of work to achieve the vision of Connecting for Life.
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Reporting Social Media Content
A helpful booklet that outlines how some social media content related to suicide or self-harm can be harmful, and how it can be reported.
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Best Practice Guidance for Suicide Prevention Services
The Best Practice Guidance for Suicide Prevention Services has been co-produced by NOSP and NGOs working in the area of suicide prevention.
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Research on workplace interventions and supports
Research on mental health promotion interventions and supports provided by voluntary organisations to workplaces
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National Office for Suicide Prevention Annual Report 2020
The annual report for the HSE National Office for Suicide Prevention (2020) provides information on all activities from the office for that year.
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Preventing Suicide - A resource for filmmakers
Preventing suicide - A resource for filmmakers and others working on stage and screen
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HSE Mental Health Services: Best Practice Guidance
The Best Practice Guidance is a national project which was initiated by the National Director for Mental Health and is part of the MHD Operational Plan for 2016 and 2017.
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Best Practice Guidance for Suicide Prevention Services, Learning
Learning from evaluation activities in relation to the development and early implementation of the Best Practice Guidance for Suicide Prevention Services.
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Suicide Prevention and Policy Making
These publications provide practical guidance and information for policy-makers in government departments about suicide prevention and how to integrate suicide prevention into policy-making functions.
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WSPD18 Factsheets
The NOSP has issued three helpful factsheets aligned with World Suicide Prevention Day 2018.
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Connecting for Life: Brand Guidelines
This document outlines key branding considerations when referencing Connecting for Life, Ireland's National Strategy to Reduce Suicide 2015-2020.
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Review of Connecting for Life Research
A review of research carried out as part of Connecting for Life, from the National Office for Suicide Prevention (NOSP) and Centre for Effective Services (CES).
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Connecting for Life Implementation Plans
These Implementation Plans describes the strategic and operational agenda that will be needed to further drive the implementation of Connecting for Life.
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Green Ribbon Impact Report
The Green Ribbon Impact Reports, for 2017 and 2018, from SeeChange.
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Technology, Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, A Good Practice Guide
ReachOut Ireland was commissioned by the HSE National Office for Suicide Prevention to develop good practice guidelines for the safe delivery of online mental health information and support. The development of these guidelines was informed by the Technology and Mental Health Network (TMHN) which ReachOut Ireland convenes.
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Review of Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training
This review was commissioned by the HSE NOSP. It comprised of a literature review and a stakeholder consultation of gatekeeper suicide prevention models.
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National Student Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Framework
This HEA National Framework was developed with students, mental health and suicide prevention specialists, academics, researchers and institutional staff.
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Suicide Prevention in the Community: A Practical Guide
Suicide prevention is about promoting positive mental health and supporting people to learn a range of positive coping strategies so that they can better deal with difficulties in their lives. The information in this guide will be of practical use to groups of concerned people who come together in response to a suicide in their community. It aims to provide information to help make communities safer from suicide.
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Grant Scheme for Collaborative Research Projects
A book of abstracts for the HSE National Office for Suicide Prevention's Grant Scheme for Collaborative Research Projects, 2021 and 2022.
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National Office for Suicide Prevention Annual Report 2019
The annual report for the HSE National Office for Suicide Prevention (2019) provides information on all activities from the office for that year.
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NGOs and Connecting for Life Implementation
Learning from a strategic assessment of the implementation of the Connecting for Life strategy with NGO partners
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National Office for Suicide Prevention Annual Report 2018
The annual report for the HSE National Office for Suicide Prevention (2018) provides information on all activities from the office for that year.
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Self-harm in Irish Prisons Reports
Reports from the Self-Harm Assessment and Data Analysis (SADA) Project - from the Irish Prison Service (IPS) and National Suicide Research Foundation (NSRF).
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Connecting for Life Interim Strategy Review Document
The HSE National Office for Suicide Prevention (NOSP) invited the Connecting for Life (CfL) Evaluation Advisory Group (EAG) to undertake an independent Interim Review of CfL.
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Scalability Assessment of the CAMS Approach
An assessment of scaling-up the North Dublin Adult Mental Health approach to implementing the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS).
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National Office for Suicide Prevention Annual Report 2017
The annual report for the HSE National Office for Suicide Prevention (2017) provides information on all activities from the office for that year.
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NSRF National Self-Harm Registry Ireland Annual Report 2019
Findings from the annual report for the National Suicide Research Foundation (NSRF) National Self-Harm Registry Ireland, 2019.
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National Office for Suicide Prevention Annual Report 2016
The HSE National Office for Suicide Prevention, 2016 Annual Report
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Rapid Assessment and Community Response to Suicide in Dublin South
This rapid assessment outlines the perceived area-level factors influencing a suicide cluster and related contagion in Dublin South.
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Connecting for Life: Ireland's National Strategy to Reduce Suicide
Connecting for Life is Ireland’s national strategy to reduce suicide 2015-2020.
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Social Prescribing Evaluability Assessment
An evaluability assessment of Social Prescribing, from HSE Health and Wellbeing, the National Office of Suicide Prevention and the Department of Health.
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Connecting for Life: Background Documents
A number of background reports were published as part of the development process for Connecting for Life, Ireland's National Strategy to Reduce Suicide 2015-2020.
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Covid19 and Connecting for Life
This briefing looks at the implications of COVID-19 for the implementation of Connecting for Life and some key challenges and opportunities.
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National Office for Suicide Prevention Annual Report 2015
The annual report for the HSE National Office for Suicide Prevention (2015) provides information on all activities and funding from the office for that year.
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NSRF National Self-Harm Registry Ireland Annual Report 2018
The National Self-Harm Registry Ireland Annual Report 2018, from the National Suicide Research Foundation (NSRF).
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Reach Out: Irish National Strategy on Suicide Prevention 2005-2014
Suicide prevention in Ireland up to 2014 was guided by Reach Out, the first national suicide prevention strategy. Reach Out brought a focus on suicide prevention work and guided activities in this area in Ireland from 2005 to 2014.
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USI launch National Report on Student Mental Health
Launched in Trinity College's Joly Theatre today by the USI, 3,340 students participated in the survey which informed this report.
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Suicide Bereavement Support, a Literature Review
This report aims to provide a review of literature relating to suicide bereavement support with an emphasis on evidence-based interventions.
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National Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Report
Focusing on the implementation, evaluation and research outcomes of DBT in Ireland, The National Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Project, Report 2013-2018 was launched today.
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Reporting Mental Health and Suicide
This research addresses a gap by focusing on journalists’ understandings and experiences of mental health and suicide coverage in Ireland.
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NSRF Self-harm Registry Ireland Annual Report 2017
The National Self-harm Registry Ireland Annual Report 2017, from the National Suicide Research Foundation (NSRF)
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Best Practice Guidance SP Services Survey
This paper summarises the findings from a survey of key stakeholders involved in the development of the Best Practice Guidance for Suicide Prevention Services.
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Review of the National Self-Harm Registry Ireland: Summary
The National Self-Harm Registry Ireland (NSHRI) monitors the incidence of hospital presenting self-harm in the Republic of Ireland.
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NSRF: 2018 Publications
A range of 2018 research publications and briefing documents from the National Suicide Research Foundation (NSRF).
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Middle-Aged Men and Suicide in Ireland Report
A Men’s Health Forum in Ireland & HSE report that examines why middle aged Irish men have the highest rate of suicide of all age groups in Ireland.
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Area Level CfL Implementation Survey
This paper summarises the findings from a survey of key stakeholders involved in Connecting for Life area-level suicide prevention strategic action planning.
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Suicide Prevention: GPs Survey
This paper summarises the findings from a survey of General Practitioners exploring a number of areas in relation to their experiences with patient suicide.
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NOSP Briefing on Murder Suicide, Dec 2017
This briefing gives an overview of murder-suicide and highlights key considerations in media reporting of such incidents.
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DBT Skills Training - Report on the Pilot Implementation
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy – Skills Training for Emotional Problem Solving for Adolescents (DBT STEPS-A): Pilot Implementation in an Irish Context.
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Report on the Outcome of a Feasibility Study: HRB, NOSP
This study explores the feasibility of using the National Drug-Related Deaths Index to collect data on suicides and deaths in people with risk of self-harm.
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Headline Media Monitoring: 2017 Evaluation
In 2017, the NOSP engaged Dr Roddy Flynn (Institute for Future Journalism and Media, DCU School of Communications) to analyse the operations of Headline.
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NSRF: 2016 Publications
A range of 2016 research publications and briefing documents from the National Suicide Research Foundation (NSRF).
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MHFI Training: Evaluation Report, June 2016
The Men’s Health Forum in Ireland (MHFI) aims to enhance the health and wellbeing of men and boys through research, training, networking, practical health initiatives and advocacy.
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Mojo: Evaluation Reports
The Mojo Projects facilitate training programmes that transform the lives of men by working with them to build their mental and physical fitness...
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NOSP Scoping Document, Self-harm in Irish Prisons, June 2017
The National Suicide Research Foundation has undertaken a programme of work with the Irish Prison Service and National Office for Suicide Prevention.
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Bristol University: Suicide and the Internet Policy Report
Minimising the risks of the internet while harnessing its potential for good is one of the most significant merging challenges for suicide prevention.
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LGBT Ireland Report
The LGBTIreland Report is a groundbreaking study of the mental health of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in Ireland.