title: Australia's National Suicide Prevention Strategy: the next chapter.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: ORYGEN Research Centre, University of Melbourne, 35 Poplar Road, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia. jo.robinson@mh.org.au
authors.forename: Jo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McGorry
authors.forename: Meredith G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pirkis
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Burgess
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hickie
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Headey
mesh_terms: 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