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In the lead-up to this year’s World Suicide Prevention Day (Sunday, 10th September), Lifeline Northern NSW is encouraging anyone who is doing it tough, to reach out for help through the organisation’s 24/7 phone and digital crisis support services. Casino’s World Suicide Prevention Day Walk at Queen Elizabeth II Park will send the message … Continued
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In the lead-up to this year’s World Suicide Prevention Day (Sunday, 10th September), Lifeline New England North West is encouraging anyone who is doing it tough to reach out for help through the organisation’s 24/7 phone and digital crisis support services. Tenterfield’s World Suicide Prevention Day Walk at Shirley Park Cricket Oval will this … Continued
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Each year, an estimated 703,000 people die by suicide worldwide. In 2021, there were 3,144 suicide deaths in Australia. (ABS Causes of Death, 2022) View the videos from the Suicide Doesn’t Discriminate campaign here. In the lead up to this year’s World Suicide Prevention Day (Sunday, 10th September), Lifeline is reminding Australians that suicide … Continued
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MEDIA RELEASE5 September 2023 3 in 4 mortgagors personally impacted by rate rises – and won’t trust the RBA again Study finds 75% of mortgagors have experienced poorer health and relationships since rate rises. 83% of young Australians have been affected. 75% won’t trust an RBA interest rate forecast again. New research suggests that … Continued
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Artificial intelligence can help to identify risk factors for suicide and self-harm, according to new research from UNSW Sydney. Among adolescents in Australia, suicide is the leading cause of death and self-harm affects 18 per cent of those aged 14-17. These behaviours have sadly become more common in this age group over the last decade. Clinicians assess suicide and self-harm … Continued
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Victorian women lag behind men on key health and wellbeing indicators, a new Monash University-led report has found. The Victorian Women’s Health and Wellbeing Snapshot found Victorian women’s health was worse in every dimension relative to men. Produced by the Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation (MCHRI), Monash University, it revealed that Victorian women … Continued
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The way pain impacts the sufferer’s quality of life is something you can never understand until it happens to you. Think about a toothache – how completely incapacitated do you feel when your mouth is throbbing? It’s like nothing else exists. It is disheartening to see how so many people have become accustomed to living … Continued
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Women’s Health in the South East (WHISE) welcomes the launch of the National Eating Disorders Strategy 2023 – 2033, an initiative aimed at transforming the landscape of eating disorder support and awareness across Australia. As a passionate advocate for women’s health and gender equity, WHISE supports the strategy’s goals, which encompass prevention, early intervention, culturally … Continued
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People who ruminated and worried excessively were helped by an online course, a randomised controlled trial found. An online course designed to curb negative thinking has had strong results in helping people reduce the time they spend ruminating and worrying, a new study from UNSW Sydney has shown. And researchers say the online course, … Continued
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The Federal Government must delay consideration of a raft of online gambling reforms – including a total ban on gambling advertising – until after the constitutional referendum on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament. The Alliance for Gambling Reform’s Chief Advocate, Rev. Tim Costello, said television executives, who are bitterly opposed to a gambling advertising ban, … Continued
