Benson, R and Brunsdon, C and Rigby, J and Corcoran, P and Ryan, M and Cassidy, E and Dodd, P and Hennebry, D and Arensman, E (2022) Real-time suicide surveillance supporting policy and practice. Global Mental Health, 9, pp. 384-388. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2022.42.
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Suicide mortality rates are a strong indicator of population mental-health and can be used to determine the efficacy of prevention measures. Monitoring suicide mortality rates in real-time provides an evidence-base to inform targeted interventions in a timely manner and accelerate suicide prevention responses. This paper outlines the importance of real-time suicide surveillance in the context of policy and practice, with a particular focus on public health and humanitarian crises.
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