Articles & Programs

Read & listen to helpful suicide prevention related
programs & articles

1. "Headspace welcomes announcement of new centres" (including Mackay) 24th October 2011
2. "Before it's too late: Report on early intervention programs aimed at preventing youth suicide" July 2011, Canberra
3. "The Life Promotion Project: An Indigenous Community Response to Suicides in Mackay" 30 June 2010
4. "Boomtown gone bad!"
   Triple J's Queensland Mission, Triple J Podcast
5. "A place to Call My Own" Mackay Youth Homelessness Report 2009
   Ms Suewellyn Kelly, Community Consultant, auspiced by YIRS One Stop Youth Shop Inc.
6. 'Suicide Prevention Australia 09/10 Report' Suicide Prevention Australia (SPA)
7. Media Release: 'Suicide costs community 17.5 billion' (12/11/09)
   Presented by: Suicide Prevention Australia, OZHELP, Lifeline Australia, the Salvation Army, Inspire. Mental Health Council of Australia, Brain & Mind Research Institute
8. 'Breaking the Silence'
   A seminal report on existing knowledge on suicide & suicide prevention in Australia
9. Are you a media professional?
   Click here for up to date suicide media guidelines
10. 4 Corners Report "Hidden Voices" The story of an Australian town that holds a lesson for each & every person who's been touched by mental illness (09/08/10)
11. Australian Magazine Article, "The last taboo" (Sunday February 26-27, 2011)