About the event:

                    What do we need to do to ensure the right data are available, analysed and communicated to address the major questions in suicide and self-harm reduction policy and practice?

                    There are many potential sources of data on suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts, non-suicidal self-harm and suicide. These can be used to understand and monitor the extent, nature, context, and inequalities in self-harm and suicide in England. This day brings together commissioners, data producers, research analysts, and data users to improve awareness of data sources and challenges with data quality, accessibility, and coverage.

                    This is the first in a series of events marking... the 50th anniversary of the National Centre for Social Research.

                     











                    Registration, tea and coffee from 9.30 am





                                  Programme             Chair: Prof Louise Arseneault




                                10.00-10.30


                                Context and aims

                                 


                                Suicide Prevention Strategies: data needs and data gaps Prof Louis Appleby, Manchester

                                Using data on suicide and self-harm Liz Scowcroft, Samaritans

                                Gender-informed/‘gender-neutral’ approach in research Prof Louise Howard, Kings




                                10.30-11.30


                                General population /cohort surveys


                                Self-harm trends and risk factors using adult general population surveys (Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Surveys) Sally McManus, NatCen

                                Self-harm in children with emotional, behavioural, and neurodevelopmental disorders using the Mental Health of Children and Young People surveys Katharine Sadler, NatCen, Prof Tamsin Ford, Exeter

                                What distinguishes adolescents with suicidal thoughts from those who have attempted suicide (ALSPAC), Dr Becky Mars, Bristol




                                 


                                BREAK




                                11.40-13.00


                                Registered suicides

                                 


                                Suicide registrations data  Dr Ben Windsor-Shellard, ONS

                                Challenges and opportunities for using national suicide mortality statistics to investigate secular trends and area differences in suicide Prof David Gunnell, Bristol

                                National Confidential Inquiry:  Prof Louis Appleby, Manchester

                                Autism and autistic traits in those who died by suicide in the UK Dr Sarah Cassidy, Nottingham




                                 


                                LUNCH




                                13.40-14.20


                                Healthcare context

                                 


                                Hospital and community presentations for self-harm: linking across datasets Prof Nav Kapur, Manchester

                                Perinatal self-harm: prevalence and correlates Karyn Ayre, Kings




                                14.20-15.20


                                High risk groups


                                Suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts and problem gambling Dr Heather Wardle, LSHTM

                                Financial difficulty and suicide: data from frontline staff in commercial debt collection firms Dr Chris Fitch & Jamie Evans, Personal Finance Research Centre, University of Bristol

                                Participatory consultation with midlife men to inform self-harm interventions  Caroline Turley, Head of Qualitative Methodology, NatCen




                                 


                                BREAK




                                15.30-16.10


                                Data hubs


                                Self-harm data at NHSD: availability, data access and support Dan Collinson, NHSD

                                Suicide Prevention Profiles: Fingertips Helen Garnham & Cam Lugton, PHE




                                16.10-16.30


                                Panel discussion


                                How can we ensure that data are valid, accessible, analysed and communicated to best inform suicide and self-harm reduction? 





                     




                    Attendance is free and open to all, whether fellows of the RSS or not, but pre-registration is required.