Around one current or former emergency services worker dies from suicide every month. For military veterans, that rate is one every single week. Their families need support.
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Jessie Cole’s memoir traces a love affair: a long-distance relationship with an unnamed, older lover. It’s set against layers of thinking about love, desire, bodies and ecological disaster.
Artificial Intelligence has great potential to save the lives of mental health patients.
Bourdain’s brother, Christopher, has called for the publisher, Simon & Schuster, to halt publication until the book’s ‘many errors were corrected.’
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is a multifaceted disorder. There are complex reasons why this population may be at higher risk for suicide, suicide attempts and suicidal ideation.
In a new study, a single infusion of the antidepressant – along with repeated exposure to positive imagery – significantly reduced symptoms in depressed patients in a clinical trial.
If we consider suicide rates within age groups, men over 85 are at three times the average risk. We should make sure older men have ways to express when they’re not coping and seek help.
Role play and drama offer young people struggling with mental health issues an opportunity to explore the feelings that can lead to suicide.
Youth suicides in the US have increased by around 50% over the past decade – gun availability is a big part of that trend.
The evidence presented and initial findings show how important the royal commission is.
Reality shows now have a duty of care to their contestants
Terminally ill patients who seek an assisted death have no desire to end their life. Calling their decision ‘assisted suicide’ can have harmful consequences.
New research has found suicides increase during drought, and climate change will see more drought in Australia.
A significant number of Rwanda’s LGBT community experience hostility. This includes at work and when trying to access health services.
New research shows how threats of self-harm and suicide are a tactic of coercive control men use against female partners.
Healthy relationships have a positive influence on men’s health and mental health. Prioritizing relationship skills for men is one way to approach the global crisis in male suicide.
Many autistic people struggle to get mental health support, or are missed by the healthcare system entirely.
New federally funded mental health help line features easier access and more consistent regulation.
Many soldiers in the Ukraine war haven’t had actual military training, and are therefore at particular risk of developing PTSD.
Gun sales have risen in recent years. An expert explains who and what is driving this trend and how it’s affecting Americans.
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Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Associate Professor, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of Salford
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Associate professor, Orygen, The University of Melbourne
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Chief Specialist Scientist in Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council
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Conjoint Professor of Psychiatry, UNSW Sydney
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Director, Open Door: Understanding and Supporting Service Personnel and their Families, Flinders University
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Principal Research Fellow, Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, National Centre of Excellence in Suicide Prevention, Griffith University
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Professor of Psychology, San Diego State University
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Professor of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne
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Emeritus Professor at Flinders University and Director for International Centre for Muslim and non-Muslim Understanding, University of South Australia
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Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University
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Director, Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffith University
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Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Liverpool
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ANU Visiting Professor, Politics and International Relations, Australian National University
