Citation

Hayes A, Lever-Green G. J. Ment. Health Train. Educ. Pract. 2006; 1(4): 23-28.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Emerald Group Publishing)

DOI

10.1108/17556228200600027

PMID

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Abstract

Suicide prevention is a priority issue in HM Prison Service of England and Wales. Past training in this area has concentrated on the completion of paperwork over direct interactions with suicidal people. HM Prison Service commissioned STORM, a training scheme focusing on interviewing skills and the identification of risk factors, successfully used in community health settings, piloted it in five prisons and retained it as part of its compulsory training for prison assessors of suicide risk. Although from spring 2007 STORM will no longer be compulsory, its impact has been shown in plans for future development of training. © 2006, Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Language: en

Keywords

Evaluation; Suicide; Training; Self-injury; Prisons