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There are strong links between child sexual abuse and suicide but investment in specialist services to address this national tragedy is sadly lacking.
To prevent suicide by firearm: Reduce access for youths or adults with suicide risk.
Despite high suicide risk, most teens can identify reasons to live, from family bonds to small future dreams – offering hope for prevention.
A suicide attempt doesn’t always involve prior planning or thinking. But there are warnings signs.
You might feel worried, shocked and unsure what to say. But staying connected to the person can be powerful.
Police receive 50,000 missing reports in Australia each year. But not everyone goes missing by accident – for some people it’s a choice or a way to cope.
A modest increase in health funding is all that’s needed to save lives. That’s a big impact for the price of a fancy coffee.
The Productivity Commission has found governments’ agreements to improve mental health care and reduce suicides are ‘not fit for purpose’.
The threat of legal sanctions or imprisonment for a suicide survivor can have serious negative repercussions.
Our society needs to talk more openly about suicide. However, public discussion of suicide carries risks, and it’s crucial that such discussion be informed, sensitive and alert to potential harm.
Rather than asking ‘who is at risk?’ of suicide we should also ask ‘when is a person at risk?’ Our preliminary research shows this has promise.
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is for anyone experiencing suicidal thoughts, emotional distress, substance abuse issues or mental health problems.
With child and adolescent mental health problems on the rise, here is a step-by-step guide for caregivers for recognizing signs of mental distress and responding with support and resources.
Carers can be left to figure it out for themselves, without support. Here’s what can help.
The focus of suicide prevention is shifting toward protective factors: characteristics that make it less likely that individuals will consider, attempt or die by suicide.
Keeping weapons locked away and unloaded reduces the risk of death by suicide for gun owners and their children.
Sen. John Fetterman’s admission to a hospital for mental health treatment has set off an important national discussion about the need to reduce stigmas around mental illness.
Public policies should be looking to increase awareness of the link between alcohol and suicide and to assess and treat problematic alcohol use as a way to prevent suicide.
Self-blame was found to be associated with experiencing suicidal thoughts.
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Chief Specialist Scientist in Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council
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Assistant Professor, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology and Canada Research Chair in Youth Suicide Prevention, McGill University
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Senior Fellow in Social Work, University of Tasmania
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Professor and Head of Social Work, University of Tasmania
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Assistant Professor, McGill Group for Suicide Studies, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University
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Professor of Social Work, CQUniversity Australia
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Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz
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Consultant Psychiatrist Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor in Sport and Exercise Psychology, University of Canberra
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Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, New York University
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Associate Professor of Psychology, Indiana University
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Research Fellow, Dementia Collaborative Research Centre, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, UNSW
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Academic, Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Gothenburg
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Principal Research Fellow, Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, National Centre of Excellence in Suicide Prevention, Griffith University