Development of suicide postvention guidelines for secondary schools: A Delphi study

GR Cox; E Bailey; AF Jorm; NJ Reavley; K Templer; A Parker; D Rickwood; S Bhar; J Robinson

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Development of suicide postvention guidelines for secondary schools: A Delphi study

GR Cox, E Bailey, AF Jorm, NJ Reavley, K Templer, A Parker, D Rickwood, S Bhar, J Robinson

BMC Public Health | BMC | Published : 2016

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-2822-6

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Abstract

Background: Suicide of school-aged adolescents is a significant problem, with serious implications for students and staff alike. To date, there is a lack of evidence regarding the most effective way for a secondary school to respond to the suicide of a student, termed postvention [(Crisis 33:208-214, 2012), (Crisis 34:164-182, 2013)]. The aim of this study was to employ the expert consensus (Delphi) methodology to the development of a set of guidelines, to assist English-speaking secondary schools to develop a plan to respond to a student suicide, or to respond to a suicide in the absence of a predetermined plan. Methods: The Delphi methodology was employed, which involved a two-stage proces..

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The authors would like to gratefully thank all panel members for their time, effort, experience, and ongoing dedication in providing valuable input to this project, without which, this research would not have been possible. The authors would also like to thank Ella Dilkes-Frayne for extracting actions from retrieved documents. Funding was provided by the Australian Commonwealth Department of Health under the auspices of the headspace School Support service. This research was conducted for the fulfilment of a Doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology of the lead author (GC).