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- Title
Opening up the gate on suicide prevention for young Victorians through gatekeeper training.
- Authors
Partsanis, Nik
- Abstract
VicHealth released its Bright Futures report in December 2015 identifying youth suicide as a problem facing young Victorians over the next 20 years. Youth suicide rates have fallen in Australia since the National Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy, however, data shows that there is still room for improvement. Prevention strategies to date have been understudied for a variety of reasons, including ethical limitations and being studied as part of a broader suicide policy. The author proposes that gatekeeper training should be piloted across Victoria to determine whether it will independently reduce youth suicide rates. It has potential benefits upon integration in schools, general practices, and rural Victorian settings given that it focuses on training people who are associated with those directly at risk of suicide.
- Subjects
SUICIDE prevention; GATEKEEPERS; NATIONAL Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy (Organization); MEDICAL ethics; ANTIDEPRESSANTS
- Publication
Australian Medical Student Journal, 2016, Vol 7, Issue 2, p74
- ISSN
1837-171X
- Publication type
Article