PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Mental Health Services: Death (4 October 2024)

The Department commissions research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR funds a range of research in mental health, including research relating to homicide and suicide. This includes a study which aims to understand whether and how a ‘Distress Brief Intervention’ can reduce suicidal ideation, suicidal behaviour and self-harm among those presenting to front line services in distress and a study to understand the extent of suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, and self-harm in parent carers.

The NIHR welcomes high quality funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including mental health patient homicide and suicide.