Cameron Stark

..This study was intended to find the relative importance of natural and unnatural causes of death in people discharged from long-term psychiatric care in Scotland in 1977-1994...

..To compare the Strategic Plans of Scottish Drug Action Teams (DATs) to the recommendations of the Scottish Office Ministerial Task Force Report...

..To describe trends in the use of anti-psychotic drugs prescribed in Primary Care in Scotland...

..To examine hospital bed use by General Practices with and without access to General Practitioner beds...

..To examine time trends in clinical activity at a rural community hospital, and to assess associated changes in the complexity of the care received by inpatients...

..Female deaths are not elevated in comparison to the rest of Scotland. Male attempted suicide rates do not differ from Scotland. Lethality of method--drowning, car exhausts and firearms--may contribute to the elevated male death rates...

..The outcome of an initial analysis of the cases identified is then discussed, with reference to the literature on restraint-related deaths, in order to identify the implications for practice...

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..These results suggest that access has an important effect on screening uptake in remote and rural areas. Further consideration should be given to using more than one site in rural areas with long distances and limited public transport...

..Previous work has suggested higher than average rates in some rural areas of Scotland. This paper describes trends in suicide and undetermined death in Scotland by age, gender, geographical area and method for 1981 - 1999...

..We conclude that, without providing confidential information, the NHS should take a more active stance in providing information on the nature and treatment of mental illness in such instances, even in advance of court cases...

..In Scotland, Government policy had been to seek to contain the spread of the virus for as long as possible in order to allow time for service preparations, and for vaccine development and supply...

..The relationship between vaccination and screening intention, and its implications for widening the gap in health inequalities, also requires careful attention in local implementation of the national HPV vaccination programme...

..This study tested whether this was a significant change in trend, and whether it was associated with any change in hanging rates in young men...

..This article describes the association between population density and suicide and undetermined death rates in Scotland...

..This integrative literature review sought to identify and assess the current evidence base for CHs...

..A higher risk of suicide has been associated with low birth weight in one study, but not yet replicated. Higher birth order has been associated with self-harm, but not with suicide...

..Therefore, we examined suicide rates in Scotland before, during and after the Second World War to see if similar features were present...

..Type of farming, and farming social networks may also be important. This article describes suicide and undetermined deaths in male farmers and farm workers in Scotland from 1981-1999 using anonymised, routine data...

..There were increased PMRs in some rural occupations including farmers, forestry workers, fishermen, and some ships' crewmembers. Groups with low..

..Doctors need to be included in the team organising the helpline to ensure that staff are properly briefed, to determine what data need to be collected, and to deal with specialised queries...

..We describe a national cohort of individuals surviving an episode of deliberate self-harm (DSH). Subsequent admissions for DSH and mortality over the following 13 years were studied...

..8 million per year. These figures supply the first UK estimates of health care costs of school accidents, and hence assist services in deciding the priority to accord school accident prevention...

..We report a controlled questionnaire study of psychiatric "anxiety/distress" and self-esteem in myopic patients who presented for excimer laser treatment...

..To determine the reasons patients seek excimer laser treatment for myopia and to measure levels of patient satisfaction with each phase of this relatively new treatment...

..1 X-rays. Nine children underwent manipulations under general anaesthetic. Seventeen children were admitted to hospital, and the group required 103 outpatient follow-up appointments...

..The aim of this study is to replicate past research linking perinatal circumstances and mental health (suicidality and use of psychiatric services) and to determine if such associations remain after adjusting for social circumstances...

..From the published research in the area, a conceptual model of rural suicide has been developed which can be used by clinical and public health services when considering possible routes of intervention...