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ReviewBJPsych open2022

National suicide management guidelines recommending family-based prevention, intervention and postvention and their association with suicide mortality rates: systematic review.

Balpreet Panesar, Divya Soni, Mohammed I Khan, Faris Bdair, Matthew Holek, Talha Tahir, Julia Woo, Nitika Sanger, Nonhlanhla P Khumalo, Luciano Minuzzi and 2 more

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Review in BJPsych open, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Balpreet PanesarNeuroscience Graduate Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5492-3615
Divya SoniFaculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Mohammed I KhanBiostatistics Unit, St Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Faris BdairMathematical and Computational Science Undergraduate Program, Stanford University, California, USA.
Matthew HolekHealth Sciences Undergraduate Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Talha TahirMichael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Julia WooDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1968-1921
Nitika SangerMedical Science Graduate Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Nonhlanhla P KhumaloDivision of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, and University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Luciano MinuzziDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Lehana ThabaneDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; and Centre for Evaluation of Medicines, Programs for Assessment of Technology in Health (PATH) Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Zainab SamaanDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; and Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5974-9361

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSuicidal behaviour remains a major public health concern and countries have responded by authoring guidelines to help mitigate death by suicide. Guidelines can include family-based recommendations, but evidence for the level and category of family-based involvement that is needed to effectively prevent suicide is unclear.

aimsTo explore the association between family-based recommendations in guidelines and countries' crude suicide rates. PROSPERO registration: CRD42019130195.

methodMEDLINE, Embase, PsycInfo, Web of Science and WHO MiNDbank databases and grey literature were searched within the past 20 years (1 January 2000 to 22 June 2020) for national guidelines giving family-based recommendations in any of three categories (prevention, intervention and postvention).

resultsWe included 63 guidelines from 46 countries. All identified guidelines included at least one family-based recommendation. There were no statistically significant differences seen between mean World Health Organization crude suicide rates for countries that included only one, two or all three categories of family-based recommendations. However, a lower spread of crude suicide rates was seen when guideline recommendations included all three categories (mean crude suicide rates for one category: 11.09 (s.d. = 5.71); for two categories: 13.42 (s.d. = 7.76); for three categories: 10.68 (s.d. = 5.20); P = 0.478).

conclusionsCountries should work towards a comprehensive national suicide guideline that includes all categories of family-based recommendations. Countries with previously established guidelines should work towards the inclusion of evidence-based recommendations that have clear implementation plans to potentially help lower suicide rates.

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familynational guidelinesrecommendationsSuicidesystematic review

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PMID35197148
PMCPMC8935913

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