Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention
Mental Health Promotion
The main aim of this programme is to ensure there is a co-ordinated approach to mental health promotion, working with National Service Framework mental health promotion leads, connecting with other mental health promotion programmes and linking with the Public Health Tackling Inequalities programme.
Adult learning and skills for people with mental health problems
CSIP has agreed action plans with the Learning and Skills Council and the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) which focus on 4 areas:
- building capacity of the sectors
- boosting demand for learning
- ensuring quality of provision
- raising achievement levels of learners with mental health difficulties
There is one plan for the North East and one for Yorkshire and Humber. The action plans provide more detail of what will be achieved.
July 2007: New consortium wins £18m bid to fight growing problem of mental health discrimination
Moving People promises to change the culture of mental health forever in a ground-breaking bid to battle the growing problem of mental health stigma and discrimination, aiming to reach some 30 million people across England. The Big Lottery Fund announced an award of £16m from its Well-being programme, matched by a further £2m from Comic Relief, giving an historic opportunity to this new mental health charity partnership led by Mental Health Media, Mind, Rethink and the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, London.
Mental Health Promotion: A Toolkit for Commissioners and Local Strategic Partnerships
This Framework has been developed to support commissioners, Local Strategic Partnerships and colleagues in the development and delivery of best practice in the promotion of mental health and well-being.
Action on Stigma
Employers' Views on promoting mental health and ending discrimination at work. This report sets out what you told us about what would help you put Action on Stigma into practice. Click here to view full report.
For more information about NIMHEs work nationally to tackle stigma and discrimination visit:
North East Trusts join forces to tackle stigma (July 2007)
Tees, Esk and Wear Valley NHS Trust, and Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust, have joined forces in an anti-stigma campaign to get people in the North East talking about the stigma around mental health, learning disabilities and substance misuse problems.
There are mental health promotion and suicide prevention networks running in the North East and Yorkshire and Humber. There is a media sub group of the network in the North East.
The NIMHE national website holds copies of 'Update' - the national mental health promotion newsletter.
Integrated healthcare has shown benefits for people suffering from mental health problems. Mental health managers increasingly recognise the impact of complementary healthcare, but are often uncertain of how to deliver integrated services.
The Prince's Foundation for Integrated Health is writing guidelines to provide healthcare professionals assistance on how to access a range of options for the prevention and treatment of mental health problems. The Guidelines will include:
1) Practical advice on how to set up an integrated services;
2) Guidance on recruiting safe and effective complementary practitioners; and
3) Research evidence on complementary medicine in mental health.
The Foundation has consulted widely with professionals, service users and carers. The knowledge and experience we gained during this process has helped shape the guidelines and influence the future of integrated services in mental health. The Foundation is collaborating with the following organisations on this project:
1) Mental Health Foundation
2) Mind
3) Rethink
4) Royal College of Psychiatrists
The Mental Health Guidelines are funded by the Department of Health and Lloyds TSB.
Suicide Prevention
On average 740 people take their own lives in the North East, Yorkshire and Humber each year and suicide is the most common cause of death in men under the age of 35.
The National Suicide Prevention Strategy aims to reduce the suicide rate by at least a fifth by the year 2010. The Strategy can be found on the Policy and Guidance section on the Department of Health Website at http://www.dh.gov.uk.
The development centre's work programme for suicide prevention aims to:
- Support implementation of the National Suicide Prevention Strategy, the Suicide Audit in Primary Trust Localities and Help is at Hand - Bereavement support guides.
- Support local suicide prevention initiatives.
- Work with other programme areas to create a whole system approach to suicide prevention, including suicide by prisoners and suicide prevention in rural communities.
Leeds Suicide Bereaement Leaflet
This leaflet has been produced by Mike Bush, member of the Leeds Suicide Prevention Network, in conjuction with Information for Mental Health in Leeds. It aims to offer help and support for people bereaved by suicide and other sudden traumatic death. The leaflet has been designed to complement the NHS 'Help is at Hand' leaflet.
This report provides an evidence based discussion that will assist health and social care providers and policy makers to engage in primary secondary and tertiary interventions in response to at-risk suicidal behaviour in the older person.
Website for Young Men
There is a useful website in for young men in the North East experiencing any type of mental distress. Re-quest provides helpline contact details, weblinks and personal writing from young men about their experiences of mental health issues.
Samaritans is available 24hrs a day to provide confidential emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair,including those which may lead to suicide.
Our staff
Neil Johnson (North East)
Lynne Hall (Yorkshire and Humber)
