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Follow the links below to find research and statistical information on suicide and suicide prevention in Australia.
Reviewed January 2008
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Wanting to end your life
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Inspire Foundation
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| Description: |
If you are feeling suicidal or want to end your life, it's important that you keep yourself safe. Try to remember that thoughts about taking your life are just thoughts. They do not mean you have to act on them. This factsheet gives you a range of coping strategies, which you can use when you're feeling suicidal or when things feel hopeless.
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Jul 2007
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Assessment and management of people at risk of suicide
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Ministry of Health (MoH) (New Zealand),New Zealand Guidelines Group (NZGG)
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This is a resource for clinical staff in emergency departments and mental health clinicians assessing and working with people who have made a suicide attempt, or are suicide risks. It is based on explicit evidence and synthesised expert opinion.
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May 2003
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International suicide rates: recent trends and implications for Australia
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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| Description: |
This report examines recent trends in suicide around the world and across the lifespan. It identifies patterns in suicide mortality, examines the possible impact of national suicide prevention strategies and mental health plans and substance use policies on suicide rates, and considers other factors that may impact on suicide trends, such as unemployment, increased use of antidepressant medications, and cohort effects.
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Jan 2003
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Suicide and hospitalised self-harm in Australia
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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| Description: |
This report on suicide and hospitalised self harm in Australia, provides the latest data available on age and sex distribution, methods used, and present trends for suicide deaths. The report also describes the shortcomings of the data and the implications for interpreting the data.
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Apr 2001
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Ageing and suicide
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National Advisory Council on Suicide Prevention, Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care
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| Description: |
This report provides suicide statistics for all age groups both internationally and in Australia, followed by more detailed consideration of ageing and suicide.
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| Date: |
Jan 2001
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LIFE: Learnings about suicide
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Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
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| Description: |
This publication sets the context for suicide prevention activity and provides a profile of the incidence of suicide and the current knowledge of risk and protective factors across different age, population and identified at risk groups.
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Preventing youth suicide
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Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
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| Description: |
Common risk factors for youth suicide are outlined and ways that parents may help prevent suicide in their children are suggested.
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| Date: |
Aug 1997
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