Suicide is the leading cause of death in young people in Australia and the largest cause of productive life years lost. To understand how we can prevent suicide and links with sleep we spoke to Prof Ian Hickie of the Brain and Mind Centre at University of Sydney. Ian is also a co-host of the Minding your Mind podcast.

Dr Moira Junge (Health Psychologist) and Dr David Cunnington (Sleep Physician) host the monthly podcast, Sleep Talk - Talking all things sleep.

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Audio Timeline / Chapters:

• 00:00 - 30:52 Theme - Suicide and Sleep
• 30:52 - 32:03 Clinical Tip
• 32:03 - 34:26 Pick of the Month
• 34:26 - 36:06 What's Coming Up?

Next episode: Burnout

Links mentioned in the podcast:

• Prof Hickie's University of Sydney profile
• Minding your Mind - Podcast
• Circadian rhythm sleep-wake disturbances and depression in young people - Lancet Psychiatry
• Circadian depression: A mood disorder phenotype - Neurosci Biobehav Rev
• The Body Keeps the Score - book
• Sleep, suicide behaviours, and the protective role of sleep medicine - Sleep Med
• Sleep Down Under conference

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