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Canterbury Suicide Project - News2008 Word Suicide Prevention Day BrochureNATIONAL DEPRESSION INITIATIVE The National Depression Initiative (NDI) is a national project to raise awareness of depression, to aid early recognition, appropriate treatment, and recovery. It is part of the Government’s commitment to addressing suicide prevention, as well as improving the mental health and wellbeing of all New Zealanders. A team made up of Ministry staff from the Public Health, Mental Health and Clinical Services Directorates is working together on the different components of the NDI. The highest profile component of the NDI is a $6.4 million three-year public health campaign which was launched in Parliament by Associate Minister Jim Anderton on 10 October 2006. The television advertisements feature ex All Black John Kirwan, and his family, and have been very positively received. Radio advertisements for young Maori will be going to air before Christmas 2006, and there is a campaign website www.depression.org.nz and a helpline for those wanting more information and support on 0800 111 757. Health education resources are available from the Mental Health Foundation and the Ministry through moh@wickliffe.co.nz or by phone order on 04 496 2277 (general information brochure on depression produced by the NZ Guidelines Group, order No. HP:4309). The Ministry of Health also have a questions and answers page on the Initiative. Media Releases: Other Resources International
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Survey (PDF, 1.82 MB) - Large file size AFSP GRANT AWARDS FOR SUICIDE RESEARCH Since its inception in 1987, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) has provided funding to researchers investigating every aspect of suicide from the psychosocial and clinical to the neurobiological and genetic. AFSP supports both established and junior investigators with novel ideas, ensuring that there will continue to be scholars throughout the country who are taking fresh approaches to the study of suicide. Further information is available here. AFSP 2008 Research Award presented to Associate Professor Annette BeautraisSUICIDE IN NEW ZEALAND The New Zealand Suicide Prevention Strategy 2006-2016 The New Zealand Suicide Prevention Strategy 2006-2016 was launched in June 2006 to provide an all-ages approach to suicide prevention. It builds on the gains made by the New Zealand Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy which was released in 1998. The New Zealand Suicide Prevention Strategy 2006-2016 provides a framework for suicide prevention efforts over the next 10 years. Its overarching aim is to reduce the rate of suicidal behaviour and its effects on the lives of New Zealanders, while taking into account that suicide affects certain groups more than others. To achieve this aim, five year Action Plans will be developed to provide the detail about what specific initiatives will be implemented, by when and by whom. The strategy will be useful for anyone who can contribute to suicide prevention. This includes health providers, community and iwi groups, researchers, schools, prisons, the media and the breadth of central and local government. To access a copy of the strategy, click on the link below: The New Zealand Suicide Prevention Strategy Two reports about suicide are available and provide background material to the New Zealand suicide prevention strategy. The first report Suicide Prevention in New Zealand: A contemporary perspective - Social explanations for suicide in New Zealand, by Dr Sunny Collings, summarises and discusses the findings of the studies undertaken. The second report, Suicide Prevention - A review of evidence of risk and protective factors, and points of effective intervention, by Beautrais et al concludes that while a wide range of personal, social, family and related factors contribute to the risks of suicidal behaviour, by far the largest factor was related to mental health.
Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey This report, Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey: provides important and not previously available information about the prevalence of mental disorders and their patterns of onset and impact for adults in New Zealand
For a summary of Te Rao Hinengaro, click on the link below: Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey Summary Two papers in the New Zealand Medical Journal (6 June 2003) provide, in a reader-friendly manner, accessible summary data about what is, and what is not, known about suicide in New Zealand. The first paper examines the basic epidemiology of suicidal behaviours
in New Zealand including: (a) time trends; (b) gender differences; (c)
age differences; and (d) differences in terms of ethnicity The second article examines risk factors for suicidal behaviour and
approaches to suicide prevention for young people (age 15–24),
and for adults and older adults (age 55 and older).
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