Archive for 'Suicide'
Suicide prevention: we can’t leave prevention efforts to just gut feeling
As director of Australia’s largest suicide prevention trial, I approach late September each year with a rising sense of trepidation. This is when we receive the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, reporting on [...]
Suicide main cause of death for Aust youth
In 2016 more Australians aged between 15 to 44 died from suicide than any other cause, new data from the ABS shows. Suicide rates have fallen but it remains the leading cause of death among young [...]
Death rate for people seeking mental-health treatment double the Australian rate
The death rate of people using mental-health services in Australia is almost twice as high as the general population, a new report has found. Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics report found the standardised rate of [...]
Suicide rising for older men
WHILE men aged over 85 have one of the highest suicide rates in Australia they are often overlooked in the fight against suicide. This lack of attention and help is due to “ageism” and a lack [...]
Avoiding pesticides could reduce worldwide suicide rates
A new study published in The Lancet sheds insight into suicide prevention and provides new reasons to choose pesticide-free. The use of pesticides is one of the most common methods of suicide globally, according to the World [...]
Outback mobile mental health service vital for graziers fights for funding
A crowdfunding campaign has begun to save a one-of-a-kind mobile mental health service operating in remote far-north Queensland. For the past three years, Cairns-based psychologist Crispian Jones has been travelling to cattle stations in an area [...]
Mental illness plagues young Indigenous people: report
Young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are more likely to be affected by serious mental illnesses than other young people, new research has indicated. A joint report by Mission Australia and The Black Dog Institute [...]
Malcolm Turnbull to be shown ‘war zone’ video from regional towns in push for cashless welfare card
A shocking video showing the “war zone” conditions of regional WA towns will be shown to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in Canberra today as a delegation from the State calls for an urgent expansion of the [...]
Vets vulnerable to suicide as mental health ‘check-in’ delivers sobering results
Perth veterinarian Paul Davey is no stranger to the mental health problems that plague his profession. The industry has a high suicide rate compared with the national average, and he remembers a colleague who took his [...]
Suicide a silent killer as mental health issues stalk workers on WA construction sites
HUNDREDS of WA construction workers suffer serious injury or die each year as the result of a “silent plague” that’s causing emotional and financial heartbreak. A new report compiled by Deakin University on behalf of suicide [...]
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Mental illness mostly caused by life events not genetics, argue psychologists
My apologies for the passion in my response. It springs from deep dee
Mental illness mostly caused by life events not genetics, argue psychologists
The rest of the article...I must say...brought deep healing and affirm
Mental illness mostly caused by life events not genetics, argue psychologists
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More than half Australian infants have risk factors for adult mental illness
What absolute alarmist disease mongering garbage. You would have to be
How we can cope with family estrangement during Christmas
As someone who is estranged, I don't what to say. Out of my friends, I