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That the Parliament notes the Scottish Association for Mental Health's (SAMH) campaign, Ask Them About Suicide, which ran from November 2022 to January 2023, shaped by those with lived experience, encouraging and empowering people to ask the question, "are you thinking about suicide?", with confidence; understands that the campaign was accompanied by resources and tools including information on how to support someone who is living with suicidal thoughts and that it was SAMH’s first ever suicide prevention training for the public; recognises the importance of creating a culture where people feel informed and confident in asking about suicide; urges anyone with concerns or interest to find resources and information on the SAMH website samh.org.uk/ask, and notes that almost half a million people took action as a result of seeing the campaign.
Supported by:
Karen Adam, Clare Adamson, Jackie Baillie, Jeremy Balfour, Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Finlay Carson, Maggie Chapman, Sharon Dowey, Pam Duncan-Glancy, Jim Fairlie, Russell Findlay, Meghan Gallacher, Kenneth Gibson, Maurice Golden, Dr. Pam Gosal MBE, Jamie Greene, Craig Hoy, Liam Kerr, Stephen Kerr, Bill Kidd, Monica Lennon, Douglas Lumsden, Fulton MacGregor, Rona Mackay, Ruth Maguire, Gillian Martin, John Mason, Liam McArthur, Roz McCall, Stuart McMillan, Edward Mountain, Emma Roddick, Douglas Ross, Colin Smyth, Alexander Stewart, Paul Sweeney, Mercedes Villalba, Sue Webber, Annie Wells, Tess White, Martin Whitfield, Brian Whittle