Australia's National Suicide Prevention Strategy: the next chapter.
Australia's National Suicide Prevention Strategy (NSPS) is about to move into a new funding phase. In this context this paper considers the emphasis of the NSPS since its inception in 1999. Certain high-risk groups (particularly people with mental illness and people who have self-harmed) have been relatively neglected, and some promising approaches (particularly selective and indicated interventions) have been under-emphasised. This balance should be re-dressed and the opportunity should be taken to build the evidence-base regarding suicide prevention. Such steps have the potential to maximise the impact of suicide prevention activities in Australia.
Robinson
Jo
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ORYGEN Research Centre, University of Melbourne, 35 Poplar Road, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia. jo.robinson@mh.org.au
McGorry
Patrick
P
Harris
Meredith G
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Pirkis
Jane
J
Burgess
Philip
P
Hickie
Ian
I
Headey
Alan
A
D001315:Australia; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009313:National Health Programs; D000092864:Suicide Prevention