The following maps produced for ATSISPEP provide a visual insight into how the number and rate of Indigenous suicides varies across different regions ...

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The prevention of suicide and suicide-related behaviour are key policy priorities in Australia and internationally. The World Health Organization has recommended that member states develop self-harm surveillance systems as part of their suicide prevention efforts. This is also a priority under Australia's Fifth National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan. The aim of this paper is to describe the development of a state-based self-harm monitoring system in Victoria, Australia. In this system, data on all self-harm presentations are collected from eight hospital emergency departments in Victoria. A natural language processing classifier that uses machine learning to identify episodes of self-harm is currently being developed. ...

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A series of fact sheets have been prepared on a number of issues relating to suicide prevention. They are based on extensive research from our ...

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Hospital-treated self-harm is common, costly and associated with repeated self-harm and suicide. Providing a comprehensive psychosocial assessment following self-harm is recommended by professional bodies and may improve outcomes. ...

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Bring together experts, leaders and members of the national and international Indigenous community to identify culturally appropriate approaches to suicide prevention ...

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Need help? Contact us Search the findings Suicidal behaviours in the past 12 months among 12-17 year-olds by sex and age group Suicide attempts in ...

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Social media may play a role in the "contagion" mechanism thought to underpin suicide clusters. Our pilot case-control study presented a novel methodological approach to examining whether Facebook activity following cluster and non-cluster suicides differed. ...

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Dr Nicole Hill and a team of co-researchers from Orygen have received the 2021 Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) award for Excellence in Medical Research. ...

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