CHANGING THE NARRATIVE ON SUICIDE 80% 50+ 43%

Primary Care Outreach Brief 2024-2026 Suicide Prevention in Primary Care CHANGING THE NARRATIVE ON SUICIDE Background Statistics Primary health care is a whole-of-society approach to effectively organise and strengthen national health systems to bring services for health and wellbeing closer to communities. [...] with a primary health Family medicine doctors and GPs have a vital role in a public health care provider in the year approach to suicide prevention. [...] However, they have described challenges in the die by suicide were in assessment and management of suicide risk such as short consultation times, demanding workloads, and minimal training on contact with a primary self-harm and suicide. [...] Women and people Ask about self-harm and suicide openly, sensitively, and directly. [...] Resources Integrated primary care systems include Australia’s headspace model and the UK’s The Well Centre Suicide in children and young people: Tips for GPs RCGP Suicide Prevention Course RCGP Mental Health and Suicide Prevention module (LGBTQ+ suicide prevention) Psychosocial screening in adolescents, including suicide and self-harm: HEEADSSS assessment #MyGPguide - Visiting your General Practit.