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Impact of Childhood Adversity and mental health on young person suicide: the CHASE study (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dougall, N., Heyman, I., Savinc, J., Abbott-Smith, S., & Murray, J. (2023, May). Impact of Childhood Adversity and mental health on young person suicide: the CHASE study. Paper presented at European Conference on Law Enforcement and Public Health, Umeå,

Background Suicide rates have been increasing in recent years after a period of decline since the 1990s, with notable increases in those aged 15-24. Childhood adversity is a known risk factor for later suicide. Research objectives We aimed to fi... Read More about Impact of Childhood Adversity and mental health on young person suicide: the CHASE study.

‘I’m not going to leave someone to die’: carriage of naloxone by police in Scotland within a public health framework: a qualitative study of acceptability and experiences (2023)
Journal Article
Speakman, E. M., Hillen, P., Heyman, I., Murray, J., Dougall, N., Aston, E. V., & McAuley, A. (2023). ‘I’m not going to leave someone to die’: carriage of naloxone by police in Scotland within a public health framework: a qualitative study of accept

Background Scotland has one of the highest rates of drug-related deaths (DRDs) per capita in Europe, the majority of which involve opioids. Naloxone is a medication used to reverse opioid-related overdoses. In efforts to tackle escalating DRDs in ma... Read More about ‘I’m not going to leave someone to die’: carriage of naloxone by police in Scotland within a public health framework: a qualitative study of acceptability and experiences.

Law enforcement and mental health: The missing middle (2022)
Book Chapter
Thomas, S., White, C., Dougall, N., & Heyman, I. (2022). Law enforcement and mental health: The missing middle. In I. Bartkowiak-Théron, J. Clover, D. Martin, R. Southby, & N. Crofts (Eds.), Law enforcement and public health: Partners for Community Safet

Commonly, in the course of their duties, the police will come into contact with people who have a lived experience of mental illness. It is acknowledged that these contacts can and do happen for a wide variety of reasons and in a broad range of circu... Read More about Law enforcement and mental health: The missing middle.

Naloxone In Police Scotland: Pilot evaluation (2022)
Report
Hillen, P., Speakman, E., Dougall, N., Heyman, I., Murray, J., Jamieson, M., …McAuley, A. (2022). Naloxone In Police Scotland: Pilot evaluation. Edinburgh: Drug Deaths Taskforce, Scottish Government

This report describes the independent findings of an evaluation of a Police Scotland test of change (pilot) of the carriage and administration of naloxone as an emergency first aid measure to persons suspected of experiencing an opioid overdose. The... Read More about Naloxone In Police Scotland: Pilot evaluation.

Vulnerability assessment across the frontline of law enforcement and public health: a systematic review (2021)
Journal Article
Enang, I., Murray, J., Dougall, N., Aston, E., Wooff, A., Heyman, I., & Grandison, G. (2022). Vulnerability assessment across the frontline of law enforcement and public health: a systematic review. Policing and Society, 32(4), 540-559. https://doi.org/10

Assessing vulnerability is an international priority area across law enforcement and public health (LEPH). Most contacts with frontline law enforcement professions now relate to ‘vulnerability’; frontline health responders are experiencing a similar... Read More about Vulnerability assessment across the frontline of law enforcement and public health: a systematic review.

Mental Health, Distress and the Emergency Department National Summit Communique (2020)
Report
Dougall, N., Gilmour, S., Heyman, I., Kesic, D., & Thomas, S. (2020). Mental Health, Distress and the Emergency Department National Summit Communique. GLEPHA

Care pathways for people in distress or with mental health problems who present to emergency departments or services are inadequate. This is a global issue, and one which profoundly affects Scotland. A coherent multi-agency whole system national stra... Read More about Mental Health, Distress and the Emergency Department National Summit Communique.

Co-creation of five key research priorities across Law Enforcement and Public Health: A methodological example (2020)
Journal Article
Murray, J., Heyman, I., Dougall, N., Wooff, A., Aston, E., & Enang, I. (2021). Co-creation of five key research priorities across Law Enforcement and Public Health: A methodological example. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 28(1), 3-15. h

Introduction Law enforcement professions now assume more responsibility for tackling mental health issues alongside public health colleagues than ever before. The term ‘vulnerability’ is frequently used within Law Enforcement and Public Health (LEPH... Read More about Co-creation of five key research priorities across Law Enforcement and Public Health: A methodological example.

Police Management of Mental Health Crises in the Community: Law Enforcement and Mental Health Special Interest Group (LEMH SIG) Guideline (2019)
Report
Kesic, D., Thomas, S., Bonomo, A., Bruno, R., Chambers, J., Dougall, N., Heyman, I., Sinclair, E., Watson, A., Young, L., & Zoeteman, J. (2019). Police Management of Mental Health Crises in the Community: Law Enforcement and Mental Health Special Interest

Overview This guideline aims to improve the outcomes of situations where police respond to people who are experiencing mental health crises in the community. This guideline focuses on: i) enhancing police responses to managing mental health crises, a... Read More about Police Management of Mental Health Crises in the Community: Law Enforcement and Mental Health Special Interest Group (LEMH SIG) Guideline.

Co-creation of value: Understanding the assessment of vulnerability across Law Enforcement and Public Health (2019)
Report
Murray, J., Heyman, I., Wooff, A., Dougall, N., Aston, L., & Enang, I. (2019). Co-creation of value: Understanding the assessment of vulnerability across Law Enforcement and Public Health. Scottish Institute for Policing Research

As police contact has and continues to increase with people who are considered vulnerable, it is essential to establish a better understanding of what it means for a person to be vulnerable. To best assess whether someone is vulnerable, some form of... Read More about Co-creation of value: Understanding the assessment of vulnerability across Law Enforcement and Public Health.

Defining and Assessing vulnerability within law enforcement and public health organisations: A scoping review. (2019)
Journal Article
Enang, I., Murray, J., Dougall, N., Wooff, A., Heyman, I., & Aston, E. (2019). Defining and Assessing vulnerability within law enforcement and public health organisations: A scoping review. Health and Justice, 7(2), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-019-008

Historically, police departments focused solely on criminal justice issues. Recently, there has been a dynamic shift in focus, with Law Enforcement professional groups assuming more responsibility for tackling mental health and distress-related issue... Read More about Defining and Assessing vulnerability within law enforcement and public health organisations: A scoping review..

Defining and Assessing Vulnerability: Perspectives across Law Enforcement and Public Health (LEPH) (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Murray, J., Enang, I., Dougall, N., Wooff, A., Aston, E., & Heyman, I. (2019, January). Defining and Assessing Vulnerability: Perspectives across Law Enforcement and Public Health (LEPH). Paper presented at 4th PUBSIC (Innovation in Public Services and Pu

Law enforcement has traditionally been considered to focus mainly on criminal justice issues. However, over the past decade, there has been a dynamic shift in focus, with law enforcement professional groups assuming more responsibility for tackling m... Read More about Defining and Assessing Vulnerability: Perspectives across Law Enforcement and Public Health (LEPH).

Law enforcement and public health: setting the research agenda for Scotland . (2018)
Report
Murray, J., Heyman, I., Wooff, A., Dougall, N., Aston, L., & Enang, I. (2018). Law enforcement and public health: setting the research agenda for Scotland . Dundee: Scottish Institute for Policing Research

Police Scotland’s contact with people with vulnerability and health problems has been increasing year-on-year, with significant costs and unknown outcomes associated. This is unsustainable, and pathways involving increased partnership between the pol... Read More about Law enforcement and public health: setting the research agenda for Scotland ..

Collaborative Outcomes Learning Tool (COLT) – A Multi-agency Educational Resource to Support Complex Public Protection Understanding and Practice (2016)
Journal Article
Heyman, I., Innes, G., & Goodhand, K. (2016). Collaborative Outcomes Learning Tool (COLT) – A Multi-agency Educational Resource to Support Complex Public Protection Understanding and Practice. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 4(3),

Multi-agency public protection practice has received significant media and government scrutiny in recent years, in response to failings to protect those most vulnerable people in society. Despite an appreciation by agencies that there are resource a... Read More about Collaborative Outcomes Learning Tool (COLT) – A Multi-agency Educational Resource to Support Complex Public Protection Understanding and Practice.

Curriculum development through understanding the student nurse experience of suicide intervention education – A phenomenographic study (2015)
Journal Article
Heyman, I., Webster, B. J., & Tee, S. (2015). Curriculum development through understanding the student nurse experience of suicide intervention education – A phenomenographic study. Nurse Education in Practice, 15(6), 498-506. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.

Suicide remains a global public health issue and a major governmental concern. The World Health Organisation argues for continued investment in education for front-line professionals, with a particular focus on nurses, to address the rising suicide l... Read More about Curriculum development through understanding the student nurse experience of suicide intervention education – A phenomenographic study.

Narrative therapy (2014)
Book Chapter
Gibson, N. & Heyman, I. (2014). Narrative therapy. . In . Social work – an introduction. 308-319. . SAGE Publications. . ISBN 13: 9781446208892.

In this book, Joyce Lishman, Chris Yuill and Jill Brannan provide an essential introduction to the core knowledge and skills necessary for students embarking on their social work degree. The chapter by Gibson and Heyman explores the theory and app... Read More about Narrative therapy.

Police officer’s perspectives of people who use drugs: compassion or stigma? Evidence from an evaluation of Police Scotland’s naloxone pilot
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hillen, P., Heyman, I., Dougall, N., Murray, J., Aston, E., Jamieson, M., Speakman, E., & McAuley, A. (2024, March). Police officer’s perspectives of people who use drugs: compassion or stigma? Evidence from an evaluation of Police Scotland’s naloxon

This presentation explored selected quantitative and qualitative data from an evaluation of Police Scotland’s naloxone pilot. The data indicated that police officers in Scotland had a range of views about problem drug use, and people who use drugs (P... Read More about Police officer’s perspectives of people who use drugs: compassion or stigma? Evidence from an evaluation of Police Scotland’s naloxone pilot.