SUICIDE – AUSTRALIA

‘The enemy within’: Royal commission damns Defence for needless deaths

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Original article by Matthew Knott
The Age – Page: Online : 10-Sep-24

The royal commission into veterans’ suicide released its final report on Monday, making 122 recommendations. The commission found that current and former service personnel were 20 times more likely to die by suicide than in combat, with commissioner Peggy Brown saying it found that the "enemy is often within the Australian Defence Force" rather than an external adversary. The commission’s 122 recommendations include the creation of a national register of suicides among current and former ADF personnel, along with urgent action to stamp out bullying and sexual assault within the armed forces.

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JobKeeper aid helped prevent 500 suicides

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Original article by Simon Benson
The Australian – Page: 5 : 28-Apr-21

Ian Hickie, the joint director of Sydney University’s Brain and Mind Centre, says the best thing the federal government can do to reduce mental health stress and preventable suicide is to maintain economic and jobs growth. The centre’s latest modelling suggests that COVID-19 support measures such as the JobKeeper wage subsidy will prevent 469 suicide deaths and 4,226 hospitalisations for self- harm between 2020 and 2025. It is also likely to avert more than 51,000 mental health presentations at hospitals’ emergency departments over the same period.

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UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY. BRAIN AND MIND RESEARCH INSTITUTE