- Title
- Challenges to a more open discussion of suicide
- Creator
- Fitzpatrick, Scott J.; Kerridge, Ian H.
- Relation
- Medical Journal of Australia Vol. 198, Issue 9, p. 470-471
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja12.11540
- Publisher
- Australasian Medical Publishing Company
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2013
- Description
- Recently, some commentators have called for a more open public discussion of suicide to promote community awareness of this important issue.1 The rationale for this is based on international research that advocates a multilevel approach to suicide prevention, combining mental health care with public awareness campaigns and gatekeeper training for those in close contact with at-risk groups.2 While this is intuitively appealing, the problem is that, as well as being a public health problem, suicide is inscribed with deeply felt moral, religious and cultural meaning that will influence any discussion, and that the potential outcomes of public discussion are poorly understood.
- Subject
- suicide; awareness; mental health care; multilevel approach to suicide prevention
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1046753
- Identifier
- uon:14680
- Identifier
- ISSN:0025-729X
- Language
- eng
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