ChooseLife North Lanarkshire

Statistics  2008 there were 843 deaths by suicide in Scotland  61 suicides in North Lanarkshire  19 of which were female

Joint working  ChooseLife implementation Group  Chaired by North Lanarkshire Council (funding holders)  NHS Lanarkshire  Housing  Addictions  Mental health voluntary organisations

Service  The service is managed by SAMH  Provide training in ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills training),SafeTALK, and Tune Up  Key part of Suicide Assessment and Treatment Pathway  Written out “Suicide Don’t hide it. Talk about it” booklet with the New Zealand Ministry for health  Design of the online mental health training site

Training  Over 1500 people trained in ASIST  Over 300 trained in SafeTALK  450 trained in STORM Including young people at school (over 16 years), Taxi drivers, students and volunteers  MindSET; over 650 people have completed the course

Health Promotion/ Awareness raising  Taxi’s  Buses  Local awareness campaigns  Links with Physical activity and mental well being  Mental Health Arts and Film Festival SoundMinds  Motherwell Football Club

What can we learn?

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