Keywords: World Suicide Prevention Day
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ENVIRONMENT
- Leo Mares
- 29 October 2020
6 Comments
Such a profound lack of action from our own government on an existential issue of this magnitude certainly doesn’t inspire hope. So when it comes to climate anxiety as a clinical issue, this is not only a risk factor, but also a barrier to treatment.
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AUSTRALIA
- Andrew Hamilton
- 10 September 2020
4 Comments
A recent report from Jesuit Social Services’ Support after Suicide program reflects on the experience of people who have accompanied a friend or family member before, through and after their suicide. At the heart of the report is its insistence on the importance of the human face in health care.
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AUSTRALIA
- Andrew Hamilton
- 10 September 2014
19 Comments
Suicide excludes people from any participation in this decisive act of people's lives, and also prevents them from understanding it. Suicide is always shrouded in silence, and arouses dread at entering the silence. The wrenching cry at the heart of of memories wrestles with the silence, 'Why did you do it?'.
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AUSTRALIA
- Luke Williams
- 28 August 2012
20 Comments
The Federal Workplace Bullying Inquiry has been told Australian workers are getting soft. There may be a fine line between robust performance management and workplace bullying, but international surveys have repeatedly shown Australian managers fail international benchmarks when it comes to the treatment of their people.
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AUSTRALIA
- Lyn Bender
- 27 October 2011
17 Comments
The problem with the prevailing notion of depression as a disease to be eradicated is that it sidelines the 'human factor'. After ten years of good groundwork, we need something new from key mental health institutions such as Beyond Blue.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 04 November 2010
15 Comments
Cardinal Pell, with whom I have voiced disagreement, preached superbly at the mass of thanksgiving after the canonisation of Mary MacKillop. 'She does not deter us from struggling to follow her.' As we wrestle with the common good, let's make a place for all our fellow citizens.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Gillian Bouras
- 10 September 2009
3 Comments
The first known suicide document is an Egyptian New
Kingdom papyrus entitled 'Dialogue of a World-Weary Man with his
Ba-Soul'.
In 1996 my sister Jacqui killed herself. Three years later our cousin Andrew did the same thing. Suicide has always been part of the human condition.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
Guy Rundle reflects on the lives of James McAuley and Harold Stewart.
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AUSTRALIA
Mark Wakely looks at our instinct to build fences
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