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eNews January 2024

Welcome to the January 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. 

If you would like to share suicide prevention news, current initiatives or published research, please email lifeinmind@health.nsw.gov.au

 

Sector news

 

Support hub for LGBTQIA+ people who have lost someone to suicide

Support After Suicide Hub (SASH) was created for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, and asexual people who live with loss by suicide. 

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New interactive map to support access to Safe Havens in NSW

Safe Havens are designated spaces where people can access welcoming, free, peer-to-peer support or the support of a mental health clinician in a non-clinical environment. There are currently 19 Safe Havens across NSW.

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A digital support hub designed for FIFO and DIDO community

MATES, a charity that aims to reduce suicide and support mental wellbeing, has launched the MATES Hub to help Fly In Fly Out/Drive In Drive Out workers, volunteers, family and friends, managers and supervisors keep mentally healthy. 

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HNECC PHN hosts pitch night to support innovative approaches to suicide prevention

Hunter New England and Central Coast Primary Health Network is inviting organisations in the region to pitch their suicide prevention ideas, as part of two crowd funding nights to fund suicide prevention activities.

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Research news

 
 

NHMRC invests $7.8 million in groundbreaking mental health and suicide prevention research

The National Health and Medical Research Council has invested funding in three pivotal mental health and suicide prevention research projects.

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Translated research studies

A translation of suicide prevention research on the Life in Mind portal

Read more translated research summaries

 

What predicts differences in suicide judgements between Coroners and a Suicide Register?

Coronial data systems are known to underestimate suicides in Australia as practices are not standardised between coroners and jurisdictions. 

This study sought to assess the direction, extent and any predictors of differences between the reporting of suicide in Queensland and Queensland NCIS data.

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Research identifies the population groups disproportionately impacted by suicide in Australia

The population attributable fraction (PAF) is one way to determine which populations are disproportionately impacted by suicide.

Researchers aimed to conduct an analysis in Australia using the PAF to identify populations disproportionately impacted by suicide in the Australian specific context.

 
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