Mental Health Connect

As an education provider we are always keen to report on other conferences of note.
I noted 3rd Aust Postvention Conference entitled ” Hope, Meaning and Direction – Aust Postvention Perspectives”
This is a conference that brings together those bereaved by suicide and individuals and organisations working in the field of suicide postvention.
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Speaker: Pat McGorry
Chair: Maree Teesson

Pat McGorry discusses his interest in this area:

work in early psychosis – data showing that we can reduce suicide within the first five years – intervention.
His experience also included reading an article in The Age about group of parents that met to talk to others about child loss. He met with [...]

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Many Faces, Many Places: Suicide Prevention Across the World” World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10 is an annual event sponsored by the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) in collaboration with the World Health Organization.
This year the theme for World Suicide Prevention Day is “Many Faces, Many Places: Suicide Prevention Across the World”.
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Suicide is a whole of community issue
That’s the message from Lifeline Australia, as they launched a brave new Television Community Service Announcement (CSA) in Sydney today.
The CSA was launched by Lifeline’s CEO Dawn O’Neil, Australian of the Year Patrick McGorry and Lifeline Patron John Brogden.
The announcement is titled “You Can Do Something” and is focused [...]

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A roundup of news and journal articles regarding mental health issues.
National
Suicide lead death cause for under-35s
Police unprepared to deal with mental illness
Community key to support
Don’t treat emotions as illness: expert
Fish oil may help depression – Adelaide Study
International
Study shows high rate of depression in US unemployed
92% of Britons believe admitting mental illness harms careers

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