The Department of Health wants mental health organisations to learn from the findings of its evaluation of three pilots in Manchester, Camden and Bedfordshire that aimed to reduce the number of young male suicides (YPN, 28 September-4 October 2005, p4).
Reaching Out, launched last week, found that youth clubs and youth centres were effective places for young men to access help and advice, instead of GP's surgeries. The evaluation, carried out by the Thomas Coram Research Unit, part of the Institute of Education at the University of London, called for policymakers and partnerships to be aware of the "important role" that youth services and young people's agencies played in making contact with hard-to-reach young men.
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