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Category Archives: Suicide
Kimberley rangers in suicide first-aid role
Date: 11/05/12 Author: Paige Taylor Source: The Australian, p. 9 Synopsis: More than 150 rangers employed to care for plants and animals across the Kimberley are getting training in suicide first-aid so they can respond to an epidemic of hangings … Continue reading
Posted in Mental health, Youth, NSW, WA, Rural, regional, remote, Early intervention, Indigenous, Suicide
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Fund honours tragic teen
Date: 20.04.2012 Source: The Courier Mail Reporter: Brooke Baskin Synopsis: The Declan Crouch Fund has recently been launched by Ruth Crouch in memory of her late son Declan who took his life in March last year. The fund seeks to promote … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Mental health, Qld, Suicide
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Virtual Clinic to Provide Mental Health Services Open Tenders Invited
Date: 10/03/2012 Source: Media Release; The Hon Mark Butler MP, Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Minister for Social Inclusion, Minister assisting the Prime Minister on Mental Health Reform. Synopsis: As part of the Department of Health and Ageing’s committment … Continue reading
Agencies ‘careless’ over suicides
Date: 20/12/2011 Reporter: Amos Aikman Source: The Australian, p 2 Synopsis: A lack of adequate staff training and a breakdown in communication between the agencies responsible for housing asylum-seekers were key factors in the suicides of three men in Sydney’s … Continue reading
Posted in Detention, Inquiry, Mental health, Suicide
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Student tried to stop suicide
Date: 01/11/2011 Reporter: Jasmin Lill Source: Courier Mail Synopsis: A 12-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed by a 13-year-old school mate had been trying to prevent his older friend from committing suicide. In October, Supreme Court Justice Anne Lyons presiding … Continue reading
Posted in Mental health, Qld, Suicide
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Suicide rise a flood myth
Date: 03/11/2011 Author: Larine Statham Source: Courier Mail, p15 Synopsis:The Australian Institute of Suicide Research and Prevention director Professor Diego De Leo has presented a report to Coroner Michael Barnes entitled ‘Suicides in the Ipswich and Toowoomba regions after the … Continue reading
Posted in Mental health, Qld, Suicide
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Mental health in tragic decline
Date: 04/11/2011 Reporter: Andrew MacDonald Source: Courier Mail, p 5 Synopsis: Mental health advocate Professor Patrick McGorry says the Commission’s findings about suicide are not surprising, given the increasingly poor mental health of Australian youth. He said that greater awareness … Continue reading
Posted in Mental health, Suicide, Youth
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Call to curb youth suicide
Date: 04/11/2011 Reporter: Tanya Chilcott Source: Courier Mail, p 5 Synopsis: The Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian has released its final report, Final Report: Reducing Youth Suicide in Queensland, following an investigation into youth suicide in … Continue reading
Posted in Mental health, Qld, Suicide, Youth
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