About the Authors

Nav Kapur

nav.kapur@manchester.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Mental Health and Risk, Centre for Suicide Prevention, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Sarah Steeg

Affiliation Centre for Mental Health and Risk, Centre for Suicide Prevention, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Roger Webb

Affiliation Centre for Mental Health and Risk, Centre for Suicide Prevention, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Matthew Haigh

Affiliation Centre for Mental Health and Risk, Centre for Suicide Prevention, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Helen Bergen

Affiliation Centre for Suicide Research, The University of Oxford, Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Keith Hawton

Affiliation Centre for Suicide Research, The University of Oxford, Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Jennifer Ness

Affiliation Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Derby Hospital, Derby, United Kingdom

Keith Waters

Affiliation Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Derby Hospital, Derby, United Kingdom

Jayne Cooper

Affiliation Centre for Mental Health and Risk, Centre for Suicide Prevention, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

Nav Kapur was Chair of the Guideline Development Group for the NICE self-harm guidelines (longer-term management). This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NK SS RW MH HB KH JN KW JC. Analyzed the data: SS. Wrote the paper: NK.