Impact of Suicide Reporting in Media - need for more considered reporting to prevent copycat behaviour

Studies have shown that certain media portrayals of suicide are associated with copycat behaviour, resulting in further suicidal behaviour and completed suicides (Sisask & Varnik, 2012). Although the majority of reportings carry no such ‘copycat’ effects, there is evidence that some types of reporting are more likely to than others (such as celebrity suicides) (Stack, 2005). 

 SOURCE: Caroline Tomes in the Mental Elf  22 Jan 2015

Working with Fathers : Research Evidence for Practice, Manchester – 31st March 2015

This conference will showcase recent research evidence on work with fathers. It is ideally suited to practitioners who are interested in evidence-informed practice. Speakers include Professors Brid Featherstone, Harry Ferguson and Jonathan Scourfield. A range of topics will be covered:

• Young offenders as fathers
• Working with separated fathers
• Engaging fathers in the child protection process
• Recruiting fathers to parenting programmes
• The effectiveness of parenting interventions

Tuesday 31st March 2015, 10.00am-4.00pm, St James, Manchester, M1 6FQ

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Empowering Service Users with Psychotic Disorders

Shared decision-making through joint crisis plans show service users, given the opportunity to be involved in their care, would make specific and reasonable requests regarding treatments currently available in standard care in England. Furthermore, this paper gathered a large number of crisis plans from four geographical locations in England, suggesting that the findings are generalisable.
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Source: Raphael Underwood in the Mental Elf 12 Dec 2014