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Can Outcomes of a Chat-Based Suicide Prevention Helpline Be Improved by Training Counselors in Motivational Interviewing? A Non-randomized Controlled Trial

Frontiers in Digital Health, 2022
ObjectiveTo examine whether the outcomes of a chat-based suicide-prevention helpline could be improved by training counselors in motivational interviewing (MI).MethodsIn a pre- and post-test design, visitors of a chat-based suicide prevention helpline ...
Wilco Janssen, Jeroen van Raak, Yannick van der Lucht, Wouter van Ballegooijen, Wouter van Ballegooijen, Saskia Mérelle   +5 more
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Social factors and Australian farmer suicide: a qualitative study

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background Farmers and farm workers have been recognised as a group at high risk of suicide in Australia; however this risk is not without geographic and demographic variation.
Meg Perceval, Victoria Ross, Kairi Kõlves, Prasuna Reddy, Diego De Leo   +4 more
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Suicide attempt risks among hotline callers with and without the coronavirus disease 2019 related psychological distress: a case-control study

BMC Psychiatry, 2021
Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic profoundly impacts on mental health, yet it is still unclear whether COVID-19 distress makes people more vulnerable to suicidal behavior.
Yongsheng Tong, Kenneth R. Conner, Yi Yin, Liting Zhao, Yuehua Wang, Mengjie Wu, Cuiling Wang   +6 more
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Suicides in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children: analysis of Queensland Suicide Register

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2014
Objective: Suicide rates among Indigenous Australian children are higher than for other Australian children. The current study aimed to identify factors associated with Indigenous child suicide when compared to other Australian children.
Rebecca Soole, Kairi Kõlves, Diego De Leo   +2 more
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Guiding principles for the implementation of a standardized psychological autopsy to understand and prevent suicide: a stakeholder analysis

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023
BackgroundAround 700,000 people die by suicide each year. While the global number of suicides declined over the last decade, the rates remained unchanged in the Netherlands.
Elias Balt, Karlijn Heesen, Arne Popma, Renske Gilissen, Saskia Mérelle, Daan Creemers   +5 more
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Suicide Among Miners in Queensland, Australia

SAGE Open, 2013
A body of international and Australian research demonstrates connections between certain types of occupations and elevated suicide rates, relative to suicide rates observed in other occupations or within the general population.
Samara McPhedran, Diego De Leo
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Restricting access to a suicide hotspot does not shift the problem to another location. An experiment of two river bridges in Brisbane, Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2014
Background: Restricting access to lethal means is a well‐established strategy for suicide prevention. However, the hypothesis of subsequent method substitution remains difficult to verify.
Chi‐kin Law, Jerneja Sveticic, Diego De Leo   +2 more
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Detecting changes in help seeker conversations on a suicide prevention helpline during the COVID− 19 pandemic: in-depth analysis using encoder representations from transformers

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Preventatives measures to combat the spread of COVID− 19 have introduced social isolation, loneliness and financial stress. This study aims to identify whether the COVID-19 pandemic is related to changes in suicide-related problems for help ...
Salim Salmi, Saskia Mérelle, Renske Gilissen, Rob van der Mei, Sandjai Bhulai   +4 more
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Wesley LifeForce Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training in Australia: 6 Month Follow-Up Evaluation of Full and Half Day Community Programs

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021
Background and Objective: Wesley Mission LifeForce training is an Australian suicide prevention gatekeeper program which has not been formally evaluated.
Jacinta Hawgood, Yu Wen Koo, Jerneja Sveticic, Jerneja Sveticic, Diego De Leo, Kairi Kõlves   +5 more
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Youth suicide prevention [PDF]

Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2007
Worldwide about 1 million people die every year by suicide.[1][1] In Canada an estimated 3665 individuals commit suicide each year, about 500 of whom are 15–24 years old.[2][2] The effects of youth suicide go beyond the victim, affecting the parents, friends and communities of the deceased.
Stanley P, Kutcher, Magdalena, Szumilas
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