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A New Focus for Suicide Prevention

In the UK alone, there are still over 5,000 suicides each year, and many more attempts. And it is estimated that an average of 28 people suffer the consequences of each suicide.

Only one in four people who kill themselves are in contact with mental health services. The people who stand the most chance of preventing suicides are ordinary people, the friends, colleagues, neighbours and family members of those whose lives are at risk.

This project aims to make a sizeable contribution to the evidence base and enable a much larger proportion of the community to take part in preventing suicides than is possible at present.

We began this study in May 2010. Recruitment of participants begins early in January 2011. The project will run until the middle of 2013. Click here to learn more about the whole project.

Click here to read an overview of the Suicide Prevention work.

Relationships and Recovery in Psychosis

A research group based at the University of Surrey are looking for people who currently hear voices, and have done so for at least six months. The Surrey research group are interested in discovering more about the experiences of people who hear voices. They want to use this information to improve treatments offered to people who hear voices throughout the UK. By improving understanding of what are the most important aspects of ‘recovery’, they hope to highlight the needs of voice hearers and encourage treatments to be tailored accordingly.

Would you like to help increase understanding of the voice hearing experience? Contribute to improving the focus of support given to those who hear voices? As well as standing a chance to win one of several Amazon vouchers, for only 25 minutes of your time?

Visit their website to find out more. You will be asked to complete several questionnaires online, which should take roughly 25 minutes. To thank you for your time, they will enter those who take part into a raffle to win Amazon vouchers worth 30, 40, and 50 pounds each!

Ethics Approval Reference: 574-PSY-11 RS