World Suicide Prevention Day – September 10

Many Faces, Many Places: Suicide Prevention Across the World” World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10 is an annual event sponsored by the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) in collaboration with the World Health Organization. This year the theme for World Suicide Prevention Day is “Many Faces, Many Places: Suicide Prevention Across the World”. [...]

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Lifeline launches suicide prevention commercial

Suicide is a whole of community issue That’s the message from Lifeline Australia, as they launched a brave new Television Community Service Announcement (CSA) in Sydney today. The CSA was launched by Lifeline’s CEO Dawn O’Neil, Australian of the Year Patrick McGorry and Lifeline Patron John Brogden. The announcement is titled “You Can Do Something” [...]

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TheMHS Mental Health Weekly Digest

A roundup of news and journal articles regarding mental health issues. National Suicide lead death cause for under-35s Police unprepared to deal with mental illness Community key to support Don’t treat emotions as illness: expert Fish oil may help depression – Adelaide Study International Study shows high rate of depression in US unemployed 92% of [...]

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