Sector news

In this Q&A, Program Coordinator, Sian Palmieri shares an overview of Anglicare’s Suicide Prevention for Seniors Program and how it contributes to suicide prevention in older adults by upskilling those who support them.

Researchers, community leaders and community members gathered to share ideas at the first Manna Symposium, which focused on how collaborative research benefits rural and regional Australia.

The Black Dog Institute in collaboration with Orygen and the NSW Department of Education are designing and testing a new, multi-strategy self-harm prevention program, addressing critical individual and environmental risk factors at the classroom, school and home level.

The National Suicide Prevention Office provides an update following announcement of changes in the Federal Budget.

Hunter New England and Central Coast Primary Health Network (HNECC PHN) pitch night for community suicide prevention congratulates winners.

Australian Federal and State and Territory governments have released the 2024-25 budgets for funding towards the health sector, including the mental health and suicide prevention sector.

New data has been released by AIHW on suicide deaths among people receiving income support payments from Centrelink.

Everymind is seeking the perspectives of people with lived and living experience of suicide for a new research project that aims to help make the public sharing of their stories safer, less stigmatising and potentially more impactful.

RUOK? encourages Australians to share the #FriendBetter helping young people to increase their skills to support others.

Aboriginal and Islander Mental Health Initiative for Youth (AIMhi-Y) is a digital mental health meeting place in the form of an app to support First Nations young people in rural, remote, and urban settings at risk of distress and suicide.