The federal government has announced a rethink on suicide prevention this week, a more holistic approach that doesn’t just look to mental health and clinical response but to social determinants that lead to high risk of suicide.

The Lancet released a series, also this week, which similarly pushes for a public health approach to suicide prevention.

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Guest

• Professor Jane Pirkis, the Director of the Centre for Mental Health and Community Wellbeing at the University of Melbourne 

References

• A public health approach to suicide prevention | Lancet
• The Australian Government is calling for feedback on the draft National Suicide Prevention Strategy