Author Details A conceptual model of suicide in rural areas Cameron Stark1 MPH, Consultant in public health medicine, cameron.stark@nhs.net Vincent Riordan2 MRCPsych, Consultant psychiatrist, vincent.riordan@mailp.hse.ie Rory O'Connor3 PhD, Professor of psychology, ro2@stir.ac.uk 1 NHS Highland, Inverness, Scotland, UK. 2 West Cork Mental Health Services, Bantry General Hospital, County Cork, Ireland. 3 University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom. Correspondence: C Stark, NHS Highland, Assynt House, Beechwood House, Inverness, IV2 3BW, UK  Author contribution: Cameron R Stark: original concept, wrote the first draft. Vincent Riordan: contributed to drafts. Rory O'Connor: contributed to drafts. Citation: Stark CR, Riordan V, O'Connor R.  A conceptual model of suicide in rural areas. Rural and Remote Health 11: 1622. (Online) 2011. Available: http://www.rrh.org.au Received: 28 September 2010 Revised: 1 March 2011 Accepted: 21 June 2011