Learning about a friend’s suicide attempt appears to transform a distant idea into something very real. Should this change the way we talk about suicide?
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Q&A presenter Tony Jones asked psychologist and research fellow Pat Dudgeon if Indigenous youth suicide rates across the top half of Australia are the highest in the world. We check the research evidence.
We may assume that people who are bullied are at risk of suicide. But are the youth who engage in bullying behavior at risk of suicide too?
Mental disorders are debilitating and often emerge in adolescence. Identifying these problems and intervening early helps reduce their impact on social, emotional and academic function, which, unheeded…
Tony Abbott is spending this week in North-East Arnhem Land, part of his long-held hope “to be not just the Prime Minister but the Prime Minister for Aboriginal Affairs”. We asked our experts: what stories…
Suicide is the leading cause of death among Australians aged 15-24, according to cause of death data published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in March this year. In light of this, it’s not surprising…
An American study has found that when unemployment rises by a percentage point suicide attempts and suicide-related behaviour…
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Assistant Professor of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, University of Chicago
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Professor of Psychology, Mississippi State University
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Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology, Boston University
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Professor, Critical Indigenous Studies and Director of The Centre for Global Indigenous Futures, Macquarie University
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Professor, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia
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Research Fellow, Centre for Mental Health Research, Australian National University
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Research Fellow in Youth Suicide Prevention, The Kids Research Institute Australia
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Professor of Health Promotion, Curtin University
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Deputy Head of School, School of Rural Medicine, University of New England
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of British Columbia
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Dean of The Carnegie School of Education, Leeds Beckett University
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Senior Lecturer in Children's and Adolescent Literature, Queensland University of Technology
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Lecturer in Musical Theatre, Griffith University
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Lecturer in Neonatal Care, University of Salford
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Professor of Psychology, Stetson University