Assistant Director, Research and Influencing @samaritans. Mum of boys, enthusiastic car singer, tomato hater and book lover. All thoughts and views my own.
Joined October 2014
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Good to see Labour & Lib dems include explicit mention of #SuicidePrevention in manifestos, w some key commitments in line w @samaritans policy asks. No mention of SP from Tories, despite commitment to reducing rates in the National Strategy <a yr ago. shorturl.at/Q3VCA
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A reminder this #WorldSuicidePreventionDay 👇
Take a moment to reach out to someone you care about. A simple question could save a life 💚
ALT Asking someone if they're suicidal could save a life.
Jacqui Morrissey retweeted
As a parent, this is the call you never want see on your phone. Where? When? Is he OK? Have you found his emergency meds? Have you timed the seizure.
Stress levels through the roof, head scrambled, heart racing. That’s just you! 💜
#PurpleDay2023 #EpilepsyAwareness #Epilepsy
Jacqui Morrissey retweeted
Important to see @SajidJavid speak about suicide prevention on World Mental Health Day, and his tragic experience of losing his brother.
He's calling on Government to stay committed to a 10-year suicide prevention plan in England and so are we (1/2)
"I still think whether there's anything I could have done to save his life"
The former Health Secretary Sajid Javid talks to @amolrajan about his brother Tariq who took his own life in 2018, on World Mental Health Day
Full interview: bbc.in/3s1BeDj | #R4Today
Jacqui Morrissey retweeted
📣Update: The UK Government confirmed yesterday that suicide and self-harm content will be included in the Online Safety Bill as priority 'legal but harmful' content for adults and children.
It’s a big step in the right direction. But there is still a long way for us to go...🧵
Decisions made today by the UK Government mean that anyone over 18 won’t be protected from all harmful suicide or self-harm content on most sites across the internet. This isn’t good enough. Everyone deserves to be safe online - we’ll keep going until they are. #OnlineSafetyBill
Jacqui Morrissey retweeted
A big thank you to @sarahledden, @johnrobinsKCL, and Alex Rossiter from @samaritans for fantastic presentations about #alcohol and #suicide and #RCPsychIC. Your talks and the discussion afterwards was food for thought.
Jacqui Morrissey retweeted
As part of our campaign for a kinder, safer internet we want to protect anyone who’s being encouraged to harm themselves online. But what does this look like in reality? 👇 1/4
Jacqui Morrissey retweeted
How can we estimate suicide risk in relation to gambling? Key paper is this led by @McManusSally. Suicidal thoughts & actions rather than suicide but national study (England) of general population, not patients.
Take home: 3-fold increase.
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Jacqui Morrissey retweeted
Important paper in @JAMAPsych - all this movement for machine learning to help predict #suicide using health and other routine data sources is deeply problematic. Likely to widen existing inequalities and increase harm.
Many minority ethnic groups are missing or misclassified.
Clinical use of #suicide prediction models may widen racial and ethnic disparities in #mentalhealth. Improving predictive performance, and interventions guided by prediction models, for underserved populations should be prioritized to improve #healthequity ja.ma/3dTNw9T
Jacqui Morrissey retweeted
This week’s national #suicideprevention advisory group will focus on #ethnicity. Longstanding problem of what is recorded at inquest but we need more than this, need every population database to reliably record ethnicity: housing, education, benefits, NHS, justice, mortality.
Jacqui Morrissey retweeted
Get involved in this great opportunity to co-develop a Samaritans' campaign on how to stay safe online in relation to suicide & self-harm
samaritans.org/about-samarit…
Jacqui Morrissey retweeted
The government’s national suicide prevention strategy progress report & mental health recovery plan are important steps in the right direction, with a welcome investment in voluntary sector services to prevent suicide. bit.ly/31jQTjX
Jacqui Morrissey retweeted
From Harm to Hope Online #SelfHarm Conference March 2021
Looking back and looking forward: what #selfharm evidence & presentations tell us about needs & practice
Bringing together experts in the field, BOOK NOW bit.ly/3nuPPTC
9 sessions, £50.
#SuicidePrevention
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Booking is open for the the NSPA’s suicide prevention conference in London on Tuesday 28 January 2020. Find out more and book your place 👉🏻 nspa.org.uk/home/news-events…
Jacqui Morrissey retweeted
Would you like to share your excellent work in suicide prevention or bereavement support at the NSPA conference on Jan 28 2020? We are now accepting proposals - read more and submit your idea here: surveymonkey.co.uk/r/M7QPCTW #suicideprevention Please RT
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NEW to our Resources Hub: a toolkit developed @NCISH_UK covering the initial management of self-harm and the provision of longer-term support for children and adults who self-harm. Find out more here nspa.org.uk/resources/the-na…
Jacqui Morrissey retweeted
There are still opportunities to partner with the NSPA for our conference early next year - if you would like to reach our wide network of members and show your commitment to suicide prevention, email [email protected] to find out more 📨
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Would you like to reach individuals & organisations from a variety of backgrounds & help us to bring together our alliance who share the NSPA vision? We have a range of sponsorship opportunities for our conference in Jan 2020. Email [email protected] to find out more. Please RT.
Jacqui Morrissey retweeted
Hello Twitter, I'm looking for participants for my PhD project @UCLPsychiatry. If you have been bereaved by suicide or have supported somebody who has been bereaved by suicide, I would value being able to talk to you about your experience of support. More info below.
Jacqui Morrissey retweeted
Time to take self-harm seriously .... my commentary today in .@TheLancetPsych Let's give people in distress the support they need
thelancet.com/journals/lanps…
