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The Use and Impact of Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) in Scotland: An Evaluation: Annex - A Review of the International Literature

DescriptionA report on the evaluation of Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) given to professionals, community members, volunteers and people affected by suicide, with the aim to help people to become more willing, ready and able to intervene to prevent the immediate risk of suicide.
ISBN9780755970971 (Web Only)
Official Print Publication DateMay 2008
Website Publication DateMay 22, 2008

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Rona Dolev, Patricia Russell, Dawn Griesbach, Clare Lardner
(Griesbach and Associates)

ISBN 978 0 7559 7097 1 (Web only publication)
ISSN 0950 2254

This document is also available in pdf format (540k)

CONTENTS

1 Introduction
2 Methods
3 Implementation of ASIST
4 A review of the effectiveness and impact of ASIST
5 Other suicide intervention training programmes
6 Discussion
7 References

Annexes

Annex 1: Framework for assessing the quality of evidence in evaluation studies
Annex 2: Data extraction sheets for ASIST evaluation reports
Annex 3: Data extraction sheets for Scottish 'in-house' evaluations

List of tables

Table 1: A cross-national comparison of ASIST implementation
Table 2: A description of the key features of ASIST, STORM, MHFA and SMHFA

The views expressed in this report are those of the researcher and
do not necessarily represent those of the Department or Scottish Ministers.

This report is available on the Scottish Government Social Research website only
www.scotland.gov.uk/socialresearch.

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