Fiji Times reports that Minister for Primary and Preventative Health Services, Udit Narayan, said "suicide was a silent killer in the world and in Fiji it had always outnumbered fatal traffic accidents annually."

Renee Switzer reports that "bullying and emotional abuse are the top issues of concern for young Victorians, according to a national survey." Read this article.

Scotsman.com reports that "Australian farmers driven to despair by the country's worst drought in 100 years are committing suicide in unprecedented numbers.

Reveals that "the peak body representing general practitioners says the drought in rural Australia is causing widespread depression in rural communities, and increased services are urgently needed."

Reports that a group of Australian young siblings who set up a suicide prevention group has won an award for their work. Browse for details.

Reports that "the federal government's youth suicide prevention program may have helped produce a dramatic drop in male deaths, new research into methods of suicide has found."

Read this September 10, 2006, press release issued by the Christchurch School of Medicine.

Reports "families are being urged to join the fight against self-harm by learning how to identify signs of depression that could ultimately save someone from a tragic loss."

Reports "school-based suicide awareness programmes can plunge vulnerable teens into an even more dangerous state of mental health and there is no evidence they are beneficial, leading suicide researchers say."

Reports "Associate Health Minister Jim Anderton today unveiled details of the services to be run by Victim Support and Clinical Advisory Services Aotearoa (CASA) aimed at supporting families and communities after suicide and improving research."

Reports "suicide rates for Samoa in the last six months have surpassed the annual rate in the last five years according to recent statistics."

The Australian reports that "a teenage boy speaking of his near suicide tonight gave John Howard the most "moving introduction" he's experienced in more than a decade as Australia's prime minister."

Reports that the "chairman of anti-depression organisation Beyond Blue, Jeff Kennett, has confirmed the drought is increasing farmer suicide rates." Read for details.

Article notes that "as suicidal thoughts deepen, help-seeking often lessens — in technical terms, the 'help-negation effect'".

National MP Simon Power is concerned prisoners are being guarded in police cells by security officers with no training in suicide prevention.

Notes that mental health groups say the movie is dangerous, because of the way it deals with teenage suicide.Read for details.

Browse to read this item from Guam Pacific Daily News that is one of a series, marking Suicide Awareness, Prevention and Intervention Campaign Month.

MedIndia.com reports that "a recent mental health survey has revealed that Maori are almost twice as likely to attempt suicide as non-Maori and much more likely to suffer from mental disorder generally than other New Zealanders."

Reports that "the Children's Commissioner says suicide is the leading cause of death for Queensland children between 10 and 14 years of age."

Reports "the construction industry in Victoria has launched a support program to combat the high rate of suicide among young male building workers in drought-stricken rural areas."

Reports a man shot in the stomach during an alleged Auckland gun store robbery has told police he wanted a firearm so he could kill himself.

Reports "the Regional Public Health has implemented a new suicide postvention response programme aimed at promoting the healthy recovery of communities and whanau affected by suicide."

Reports that "an extra 35,000 people will get help for mental health problems under a shake-up of Medicare that experts predict will slash the suicide rate."

Ben Packman reports that Australia's schools "will run specialist mental health programs for students as part of a national push to curb suicide rates."

Reports " Maoridom is split over a Dunedin marae's plans to deny traditional funerals to families of young people who commit suicide."

Reports " People trying to smuggle suicide drug nembutal into New Zealand will have it confiscated at the border, the Health Ministry has warned."

Reports "one person kills themselves every three days in Auckland, according to a suicide prevention researcher." Read for details.

Reports "alarm at two suicide "clusters" involving associates of someone who has taken their own life has prompted a new health initiative to prevent copycat deaths."

Reports that a New Zealand "government task force will have formed an action plan to make changes, start programmes and readjust thinking in an effort to save lives across all ages."

The Salvation Army says youth suicide statistics in rural Australia are frightening and it hopes a new strategy will help young people in rural communities tackle depression and suicide.