Welcome to the July edition of eNews, featuring news from the mental health and suicide prevention sector, as well as some of the latest published research in suicide prevention.
Sector news
- The South Australian Government launches new Suicide Prevention Plan
- Major funding boost for Lifeline’s text and chat service
- New cross-sector Collaborative in the Bega Valley and Eurobodalla
- AIHW releases LGBTIQ+ National Suicide Data
Research news
Translated research studies
- Unemployment and underemployment are causes of suicide, by Adam Skinner, Nathaniel D. Osgood, Jo-An Occhipinti, Yun Ju Christine Song, and Ian B. Hickie
- Police negotiators and suicide crisis: a mixed-methods examination of incident details, characteristics of individuals and precipitating factors, by Megan L. Steele, Lisa Wittenhagen, Carla Meurk, Jane Phillips, Bobbie Clugston, Peter Heck, Elissa Waterson & Ed Heffernan
- Using suicide surveillance to inform effective means restriction interventions, by Kairi Kõlves, Stuart Leske and Diego De Leo
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