Diego De Leo – The Conversation

Suicidal thoughts among women were more common in developed countries but men were three times more likely to die by suicide. `Etienne/Flickr

September 4, 2014

WHO report maps global suicide problem for the first time

Emil Jeyaratnam, The Conversation; Reema Rattan, The Conversation, and Warren Clark, The Conversation

One person takes their own life every 40 seconds, equating to 803,900 deaths across the world every year, according to the first World Health Organization report on suicide prevention released today. “Preventing…

Better efforts are needed to address avoidable risk factors for suicide, such as alcohol and drug abuse. yaruman

September 10, 2012

Reducing Indigenous suicide through empowerment and pride

Diego De Leo, Griffith University

We’ve long known that rates of suicide in Indigenous communities are higher than the wider Australian population. But we’re much less clear about why this is the case. Each life lost to suicide reminds…

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