Working together for better outcomes in suicide prevention
In recognition of World Suicide Prevention Day 2023, we reflect on some of the groundbreaking research we have been working on and implementing over the past year.
By translating our suicide prevention research into fit-for-purpose programs, services, resources, and products, we can provide useful and practical tools that can be used by workplaces, communities, families, and friends to provide support when and where it’s needed.
As the only medical research institute in Australia to investigate mental health across the lifespan, Black Dog Institute is working towards a future where everyone has access to more effective and affordable mental health support and better outcomes for suicide prevention.
We are grateful for our team of passionate researchers and staff, and our dedicated network of advisors who ensure our work is informed by the specialised and experience-based knowledge of people who have lived experience of mental health difficulties or suicide.
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Latest News & Events
Youth self-harm program reduces hospitalisations, self-harm and suicide ideation
September 7, 2023A pilot program to reduce rates of self-harm and suicide in young people, the Youth Brief Intervention Service (YBIS), has resulted in significantly fewer hospitalisations for self-harm and reduced suicide ideation amongst youths aged 12- 25 years.
Opinion: Pilot program, Keep Quitting in Mind, found one in nine people who smoke and have a severe mental illness quit the habit
September 7, 2023A smoking cessation pilot program Keep Quitting in Mind – designed specifically for people living with severe mental illness – has helped one in nine participants quit smoking, demonstrating the positive impacts that are possible for an at-risk yet typically overlooked population group.
Promising results for smoking cessation program as one in nine participants quit the habit
September 7, 2023A smoking cessation program, Keep Quitting in Mind (KQIM), for people living with mental illness has resulted in one in nine participants quitting the habit and many others reducing their daily smoking by half.
Mindgardens Neuroscience Network acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and recognises their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respect to them and their cultures, and to Elders past, present and emerging.
We acknowledge the voices of people with lived experience, their carers, families and kinship groups. We recognise the expertise acquired through living with a mental health, drug and alcohol or neurological disorder and acknowledge those who care for people on their recovery journey. We place lived experience at the heart of all that we do.
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