- Part 1 Suicide in a Religious and Cross-cultural Perspective
- part 2 The Magnitude and Implication of Suicide and Attempted Suicide
- Part 3 Theories of Suicidal Behaviour
- Part 4 Political Determinants of Suicide
- Part 5 Social and Economic Determinants of Suicide
- Part 6 Psychiatric and Somatic Determinants of Suicide
- Part 7 Suicide Risk Assessment
- Part 8 Cost of Suicide and Prevention Strategies
- Part 9 Health Care Strategies
- Part 10 Public Health Strategies
- Part 11 Survivors of Suicide Loss
- Part 12 Young People and Suicide
- Part 13 Elderly People and Suicide
- Part 14 Networking in Suicide Research and Prevention
- Part 15 Examples of How to Develop Suicide Prevention on all the Continents
- Part 15A Examples of How to Develop Suicide Prevention on all the Continents: Africa
- Part 15B Examples of How to Develop Suicide Prevention on all the Continents: Asia
- Part 15C Examples of How to Develop Suicide Prevention on all the Continents: Australia and New Zealand
- Part 15D Examples of How to Develop Suicide Prevention on all the Continents: Europe
- Chapter 115 Suicide prevention in Estonia
- Chapter 116 Suicide prevention in Finland
- Chapter 117 Suicide prevention in France
- Chapter 118 Suicide prevention in Germany
- Chapter 119 Suicide prevention in Israel
- Chapter 120 Suicide prevention in Italy
- Chapter 121 Suicide prevention in Romania
- Chapter 122 Suicide prevention in Russia
- Chapter 123 Suicide prevention in Scotland
- Chapter 124 Suicide prevention in Sweden
- Chapter 125 Suicide prevention in Ukraine
- Part 15E Examples of How to Develop Suicide Prevention on all the Continents: North America
- Part 15F Examples of How to Develop Suicide Prevention on all the Continents: South America
(p. 813) Suicide prevention in Scotland
- Chapter:
- (p. 813) Suicide prevention in Scotland
- Author(s):
Jacki Gordon
and Gregor Henderson
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780198570059.003.0123
Choose Life (Scottish Executive 2002)—Scotland’s 10-year suicide prevention strategy and action plan—was launched in December 2002 in direct response to national and local concerns over the increasing suicide rate at that time: while female rates had remained fairly stable over the preceding 30 years, male suicides had more than doubled (Platt et al. 2006).
By international standards, the suicide rate in Scotland is not exceptionally high (European age standardized rate of 15.1 per 100,000 over 2004–2006; population 5.12 million), but it is about twice as high as that for England and Wales (Platt et al. 2006).
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- Part 1 Suicide in a Religious and Cross-cultural Perspective
- part 2 The Magnitude and Implication of Suicide and Attempted Suicide
- Part 3 Theories of Suicidal Behaviour
- Part 4 Political Determinants of Suicide
- Part 5 Social and Economic Determinants of Suicide
- Part 6 Psychiatric and Somatic Determinants of Suicide
- Part 7 Suicide Risk Assessment
- Part 8 Cost of Suicide and Prevention Strategies
- Part 9 Health Care Strategies
- Part 10 Public Health Strategies
- Part 11 Survivors of Suicide Loss
- Part 12 Young People and Suicide
- Part 13 Elderly People and Suicide
- Part 14 Networking in Suicide Research and Prevention
- Part 15 Examples of How to Develop Suicide Prevention on all the Continents
- Part 15A Examples of How to Develop Suicide Prevention on all the Continents: Africa
- Part 15B Examples of How to Develop Suicide Prevention on all the Continents: Asia
- Part 15C Examples of How to Develop Suicide Prevention on all the Continents: Australia and New Zealand
- Part 15D Examples of How to Develop Suicide Prevention on all the Continents: Europe
- Chapter 115 Suicide prevention in Estonia
- Chapter 116 Suicide prevention in Finland
- Chapter 117 Suicide prevention in France
- Chapter 118 Suicide prevention in Germany
- Chapter 119 Suicide prevention in Israel
- Chapter 120 Suicide prevention in Italy
- Chapter 121 Suicide prevention in Romania
- Chapter 122 Suicide prevention in Russia
- Chapter 123 Suicide prevention in Scotland
- Chapter 124 Suicide prevention in Sweden
- Chapter 125 Suicide prevention in Ukraine
- Part 15E Examples of How to Develop Suicide Prevention on all the Continents: North America
- Part 15F Examples of How to Develop Suicide Prevention on all the Continents: South America