6th Australian Rural & Remote Mental Health Symposium
The 6th Australian Rural & Remote Mental Health Symposium offers an invaluable opportunity to build relationships with individuals representing the Mental Health Sector.
Read MoreSuicide Postvention Counselling
This booklet is part of an integrated resource – square suicide questions answers resources developed for South Australia as part of the National Suicide Prevention Strategy (NSPS). square consists of 3 layers, each progressively providing more detailed information about suicide prevention.
Read MorePolice QRC: Mental Illness in the Media
In Australia, one in five people will directly experience a mental illness in their lifetime and many more will experience problems with their mental health. The media has an important role to play in influencing community attitudes towards and perceptions of mental illness.
Read MoreSuicide in the Media
Whether to participate in the story: Avoid participating in repetitive, prominent or excessive reporting of suicide. Will the story increase community understanding of suicide? If so, are you the most appropriate person or organisation to provide comment?
Read MoreLoosing Someone to Suicide
You may struggle with what you tell other people. Although you should make whatever decision feels right to you, most people find it best to simply acknowledge that their loved one has died by suicide.
Read MorePractice Handbook: Suicide Bereavement Support Group Facilitation
Evidence (Beautrais, 2004; Campbell, 1997; Campbell, Cataldie, McIntosh & Millet, 2004; Davis & Hinger, 2005; Hatton & Valente, 1981; Hopmeyer & Werk, 1993; Murphy, Johnson & Lohan, 2003 Parrish & Tunkle, 2005; Pietila, 2002) from research has shown that people bereaved by suicide have different emotional experiences of grief and a potentially higher risk of…
Read MoreLifeline: Suicide Bereavement Support Group Best Practice Project
Lifeline Australia received funding from the Commonwealth under the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention’s Community Grants Program to assist in strengthening the capacity of communities and individuals to make life-affirming choices to alleviate distress and promote well-being. Under Lifeline’s suicide prevention spectrum of care strategy, Lifeline sought to more fully address suicide bereavement care within…
Read MoreGuidance for community organisations involved in suicide postvention
Over the past few years, a number of New Zealand communities have formed local organisations to providesuicide postvention services aimed at helping people who have been bereaved by suicide. These community initiatives, in which locally-based professional agencies combine with voluntary agencies,have grown out of shared concerns about the New Zealand rate of suicide. This guide…
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