Community Broadcasting Suicide Prevention Project - April 2014
The CBAA is pleased to welcome you to the April 2014 content of our national suicide prevention and mental health awareness project, developed with the support of the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.
Each month, our project team develops a series of 20 short radio segments designed to promote help-seeking behaviour and positive lifestyle choices, using interviews with service providers, as well as profiles of people who have successfully dealt with tough times in their lives.
This month we hear about Suicide Prevention Australia’s Work and Suicide Prevention Position Statement, which highlights the links between work-related stresses and suicide, as well as providing practical ideas for how workplaces can implement policies and programs to prevent suicide behaviours.
We speak with RU OK? Ambassador Jess Connell, who has experienced the loss of many important people in her life to suicide, including her father and brother.
We look at the support men, young people and people dealing with problems in their lives can access online, and we learn about ways in which communities can show care and sensitivity when speaking about suicide.
We also profile a range of suicide prevention and mental health services, including ReachOut, headspace, Lifeline, Kids Helpline, the Suicide Call Back Service, MensLine Australia, the Standby Response Service, R U OK?, SANE Australia, and beyondblue.
For more information on this project, please contact the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia on (02) 9310 2999, or email: [email protected]
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We hear about Suicide Prevention Australia’s Work and Suicide Prevention Position Statement, which highlights the role employers and employees can play in creating a suicide safe community. |
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We learn about Lifeline’s Online Crisis Chat Service, which provides quick and easy access to help and support. |
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We speak with RU OK? Ambassador Jess Connell, who has experienced the loss of many important people in her life to suicide, including her father and brother. |
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We catch up with eheadspace manager Carmen Garrett, who encourages all young people who are experiencing a problem in their life to check out the support they offer. |
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RU OK? Ambassador Megan Barrow provides some advice for people who are thinking about starting a conversation with someone who is experiencing anxiety or depression. |
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We hear about ReachOut.com, a website dedicated to young people's mental health, and a great place for young people to find information, support and online communities. |
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We learn about SANE Australia’s Mindful Employer program, which has been developed to provide employers, managers and employees with the skills and knowledge to effectively respond to mental illness in the workplace. |
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Alex Culloden, Project Officer at the Hunter Institute of Mental Health, highlights some issues to consider for community conversations about suicide. |
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We hear about Kids Helpline, Australia's only free, private and confidential, telephone and online counselling service specifically for young people aged between 5 and 25. |
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Randal Newton John explains the range of services MensLine Australia offers to men who need someone to talk to about the problems they’re facing. |
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RU OK? Ambassador Jess Connell tells us how meaningful conversations with loved ones have helped her through some very difficult times of grief and loss. |
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We hear about Lifeline’s Online Crisis Chat Service, which provides quick and easy access to online support and counselling. |
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We learn about the StandBy Response Service, which provides a coordinated community response to families, friends and communities who have been bereaved through suicide. |
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We hear more about ReachOut.com, a website dedicated to young people's mental health, and a great place for young people to find information, support and online communities. |
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We learn more about SANE Australia’s Mindful Employer program and the importance of providing mental health skills and information in the workplace. |
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We catch up with Jo Reilly from Suicide Prevention Australia, and ask how workplaces can implement policies and programs to promote a mentally healthy workforce. |
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Alex Culloden from the Hunter Institute of Mental Health provides some advice on how people can have appropriate and sensitive community conversations about suicide. |
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We hear more about eheadspace, a confidential space where young people aged 12 to 25, or their family, can chat, email or speak on the phone with a qualified youth mental health professional. |
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We catch up with Lifeline CEO Jane Hayden, and ask for her advice for people who may have considered contacting this important service, but who haven’t yet picked up the phone. |
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We hear about the Suicide Call Back Service, which provides free nationwide professional telephone and online counselling for anyone affected by suicide. |
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