Close The Gap

The Centre of Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide (CBPATSISP) has joined forces with other leading mental health and suicide prevention organisations to encourage the general public to talk openly about suicide with their friends and family in a bid to save more lives.

Funded by a $5 million dollar grant, key Indigenous leaders from across Australia held their inaugural meeting last month, charged with the task of finding innovative approaches to the complex problem of Indigenous wellbeing

Today, Indigenous mental health and suicide prevention leaders marked World Mental Health Day by making a number of calls to action to close the mental health gap.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics released its 2019 Causes of Death report - widely accepted as the most accurate Indigenous suicide deaths data source. Indigenous leaders respond to report and new data on Indigenous suicide.

Minister for Health the Hon. Greg Hunt has announced $5.5 million towards two Indigenous initiatives to support social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and the creation of a lived experience network to include a national representative voice for Indigenous people with lived experience of suicide.