Suicide

Have we been trying to prevent suicides wrongly all this time?

Michael Kyron, The University of Western Australia and Andrew Page, The University of Western Australia Traditional approaches to preventing suicide have focused on “who is at risk?” The aim is to identify an individual and to help them get support. But that approach doesn’t seem to be working. Australia’s suicide rates have remained stubbornly high. [...]

By |2024-03-13T12:36:16+11:00March 13th, 2024|Categories: Suicide|Tags: |0 Comments

Most people thinking about suicide don’t tell anyone. Here’s why and what we can do about it

David John Hallford, Deakin University Many people at risk of suicide are going undetected and unsupported in our community, our research suggests. Our recently published study found under half of people tell anyone they’re thinking of suicide, making plans or had attempted suicide. Here are some of the reasons why people don’t often talk about [...]

By |2023-04-13T11:03:37+10:00April 11th, 2023|Categories: Mental Health & Wellbeing, Mental Illness, Suicide|Tags: |0 Comments

Anxiety, depression and suicide prevention

Andrew Fuller and guest Clinical A/Prof David Horgan on helping young people deal with resistant depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts How to ask about stress, anxiety, depression and emotional pain How to ask about suicidal thinking in young people Mindset and thinking differences in developmental stages of life Online tools and resources Listen now [...]

By |2022-11-14T17:11:43+11:00October 25th, 2021|Categories: Depression, Mental Health & Wellbeing, Podcast, self-harm, Suicide|Tags: |0 Comments

The GN Podcast with Andrew Fuller: Suicide Bereavement

In this episode: How young people are affected by suicide Practical advice on when and how to talk about this issue with young people Grief — what's normal, what's not Host: Andrew Fuller, Clinical Psychologist and Family Therapist, Speaker and Creator of Learning Strengths Guest: Monique Broadbent, Support Leader; Standby - Support After Suicide, Brisbane [...]

By |2021-09-06T15:47:03+10:00July 19th, 2021|Categories: Podcast, Suicide|0 Comments

Mental health royal commission hears suicidal young woman was ‘greeted with silence’

Amelia Morris, a young woman who grew up in country Victoria, has recently told the Royal Commission into Victoria's Mental Health System about the lack of services and care she experienced when struggling with mental illness as a teenager. When she first began to experience suicidal thoughts and feelings at age sixteen, she sought help [...]

More than one in four high school students have experienced signs of depression

More than a quarter of high school students have experienced signs of clinical depression and other psychiatric conditions, with the type of mood disorder influencing students’ risk of suicide and self-harm. The UNSW study – published in the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease – offers a concerning insight into the lack of mental health [...]

Mother of Annalise Braakensiek says the late model got caught up in the eastern suburbs lifestyle and ‘perfect’ social media world

Annalise Braakensiek had a big and bubbly personality. She was sweet, loving and full of energy — that’s exactly how those close to the model remember her. But the mother of the late model has claimed her daughter got caught up in the Bondi Beach culture and was obsessed with perfecting her Instagram in the [...]

By |2021-03-03T16:07:04+11:00March 11th, 2019|Categories: Depression, Suicide, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

Tech Tent: Is the Internet Bad For Us?

From encouraging suicide to giving young people an unhealthy addiction to staring at smartphones, digital technology has been accused in recent days of doing more harm than good. On Tech Tent we explore the impact of the internet on our mental health - and meet two people with different solutions for dealing with stress. In [...]

Instagram to Scrub its Site of all Graphic Self-Harm Images Following Teenage Girl’s Suicide

The social media site Instagram has said it will remove all graphic self-harm images following the death of a British teenager. The parents of Molly Russell, 14, said she committed suicide in 2017 after she viewed distressing material about depression and suicide. Her family saw the posts when they inspected her Instagram use after her [...]

Indigenous Youth Suicide at Crisis Point

Communities and families are mourning the loss of five young Aboriginal girls who took their own lives in separate incidents in Western Australia, Townsville and Adelaide this year. In early January, a 15-year old girl from Western Australia died two-days after self-harming on a visit to Townsville. Last Sunday, a 12-year old girl died in [...]

By |2021-03-03T15:49:49+11:00January 21st, 2019|Categories: Suicide|Tags: , , , |0 Comments
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