Suicide
Alternative labels
Killing oneself
Self-killing
Report
Indigenous domestic and family violence, mental health and suicide
This report discusses the complexities regarding domestic and family violence and mental health for Indigenous Australians, and highlights relevant policies and programs that demonstrate best practice.
Discussion paper
Keeping hope: identifying and minimising the risk of distress in practitioners involved in a regulatory process
This paper reports on the first phase of the quality improvement work to better understand practitioner distress and consider further improvements to manage and mitigate that distress during a regulatory process.
Journal article
What works for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men? A systematic review of the literature
This systematic review seeks to understand what interventions, programs and activities are successful in improving the wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and thereby the wellbeing of their communities.
Journal article
The association between child maltreatment and health risk behaviours and conditions throughout life in the Australian Child Maltreatment Study
The Australian Child Maltreatment Study has shown that the majority of Australians have experienced child maltreatment, and that these experiences are associated with substantially higher rates of health risk behaviours and conditions, including substance misuse, self-harm and suicide attempts. Sexual abuse and emotional abuse present the highest risks.
Report
Suicide and suicidality monitoring of the serving and ex-serving Australian Defence Force member population – Part 2: a roadmap to real-time suicide and suicidality monitoring
This research paper is the second in a series exploring suicide and self-harm data in Australia. This report considers what developments could be made to make data more timely, and long-term thinking about how data might be used in interventions and to support people in times of need.