Dear all,
Assessing and identifying suicidality in young people.
In this important Cycle Against Suicide resource, Dr Michael Sweeney explores how to engage with a young person and sensitively assess for suicide risk.
Dr Sweeney and his team outlines key facts about suicide and explains the four important functional domains in a young person’s life, Home, School, Social and Interpersonal, and the risk factors that may arise within each.
The resource also provides practical guidance on how to approach a conversation and assessment with a young person, helping those supporting them to recognise potential concerns and respond appropriately.
This is an important and practical resource for anyone working with or supporting young people, providing valuable insight into understanding suicide risk and having these conversations in a safe, structured and compassionate way.
This resource is available for viewing at: https://www.
The suicide assessment screening instrument used in this resource is the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating scale (C-SSRS): https://cssrs.columbia.edu/wp-
(This resource is being made available as part of our Cycle of Hope Campaign. We are hugely grateful to Mel Sutcliffe & Quanta Capital, Jacobs Engineering, PJ Hegarty, Suir Engineering, Collen Construction, Actavo, Jones Engineering, Sisk, Iarnród Éireann, Boland Cars Wexford, Crosbie and BMCI for their generous support and commitment to this Campaign. Their support is helping make it possible for us to develop a specific range of short evidence-informed mental health and suicide prevention resources over the coming year and freely available to all)
Winter Lunch marking World Mental Health Day.
As we approach World Mental Health Day, we are hosting our Winter Lunch on Friday, October 9th at the InterContinental Hotel, Ballsbridge, and I would love to invite you to join us.
Should you wish to support, further details are available at: https://www.
Kind regards,
Caroline Lafferty
Chief Executive Officer
Cycle Against Suicide