Cameron Stark

qualifications: MPH

contribution: original concept, wrote the first draft

position: Consultant in public health medicine

Consultant in Public Health Medicine, NHS Highland, Inverness, Scotland and Honorary Reader, Centre for Rural Health, University of Aberdeen (www.abdn.ac.uk/crh). My main research interests are in mental health, including suicide and self-harm, and in rural health.

Vincent Riordan

qualifications: MRCPsych

contribution: contributed to drafts

position: Consultant psychiatrist

Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist, West Cork Mental Health Services, Bantry Co.Cork, Ireland. I have an interest in rural mental health stemming from previous experience providing a mental health service in the Scottish Highlands, and from my current post in a rural setting in South West Ireland. I also have a research interest in epidemiology and early life origins of mental illness.

Rory O'Connor

qualifications: PhD

contribution: contributed to drafts

position: Professor of psychology

suicide and self-harm