By Matthew McLean, Acting CEO, Suicide Prevention Australia As we head into the depths of winter, I can’t help but think of those sleeping rough or worried about how to... read more →
The Centre of Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention (CBPATSISP) was established in 2017 and is Australia’s leading voice on Indigenous suicide. The Centre influences... read more →
Nieves Murray, CEO, Suicide Prevention Australia We find ourselves at a critical juncture for suicide prevention. We know the risk of increasing suicide rates is often highest two to three years... read more →
Mind Blank is a multi-award winning mental health promotion charity. We are on a mission to empower people to implement mental health strategies and have conversations that save lives.... read more →
Twelve months ago the Final Advice of the Prime Minister’s National Suicide Prevention Adviser, Ms Christine Morgan, was released. The Final Advice was the culmination of 18 months of... read more →
Parents Beyond Breakup (PBB) is a national suicide prevention charity solely focused on supporting parents experiencing trauma related to relationship and family breakdown, child access and custody issues, and... read more →
We are thrilled to announce another 14 programs have now completed the Suicide Prevention Accreditation Program, 11 of which are programs from Roses in the Ocean, a leading national... read more →
Dr Michael Gardner has been appointed as Head of the National Suicide Prevention Office. The Federal Government’s $12.8 million budget commitment in 2021 to set up a National Suicide... read more →
Professor Sam Harvey, Executive Director and Chief Psychiatrist, Black Dog Institute "We are thankful for funding to continue The Essential Network (TEN), which launched in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and... read more →
NIEVES MURRAY, CEO, Suicide Prevention Australia Suicide is a complicated human behaviour with many diverse risk factors. It’s not simply mental health, it’s housing, relationships, income and isolation too.... read more →
Suicide and Mental Health Suicide is complicated human behaviour with many diverse risk factors. Preventing suicide is a very complex issue with no single solution. When a person... read more →
Gidget Foundation Australia exists to support the emotional wellbeing of expectant and new parents and raise awareness of perinatal depression and anxiety (PNDA). Gidget was the nickname of a... read more →
Today, we launched our National Policy Platform which outlines our key priorities for the next term of Parliament. In the lead up to the federal election, it’s more important... read more →
Anglicare’s Suicide Prevention for Seniors Program was born in August 2021 out of a need to equip those gatekeepers who support seniors such as aged care workers and GP... read more →
Established in late March 2020, Gayaa Dhuwi (Proud Spirit) Australia is the national leadership body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social and emotional wellbeing, mental health, and suicide... read more →
Suicide is complex, multifactorial human behaviour with many varied risk factors. As an organisation whose vision is a world without suicide, we do a lot of work thinking about these... read more →
Zero suicides. That’s Gotcha4Life’s vision. Simple as that. Gotcha4Life is a not-for-profit foundation taking action to end suicide by delivering community-based mental fitness programs that give people the... read more →
The Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention (“AISRAP”) was established as a research centre of Griffith University in 1995 with the aim of promoting, conducting, and supporting comprehensive inter-sectoral... read more →
James Zanotto, Policy and Research Manager, LGBTIQ+ Health Australia Despite considerable resilience and recent reform, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and other sexuality, gender and bodily diverse (LGBTIQ+) people continue... read more →
“connecting with someone who understands” “proactive, practical and thoughtful support” “the friendly chats” “someone who understands the mental health system” “access to a crisis plan” These are the words used... read more →
