Oceania

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." - [Read more]

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

Reports the "Southern Queensland Rural Division of General Practice says the suicide rate in the area has risen from one in 2004 to 17 between August 2005 and November last year." - [Read more]

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

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. - [Read more]

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." - [Read more]

Reports "a national program designed to strengthen the bond between mother and daughter will begin next year on the back of figures showing one in six young women attempt suicide each day." - [Read more]

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

Reports that Steven Idding, an environmental engineer for the World Health Oganisation for the South Pacific Office, has found that there are about 100 suicide cases in Fiji a year, with a corresponding number of attempted suicide cases. - [Read more]

Reports that "a third of students with bad acne have had suicidal thoughts, according to a landmark study. The study of 9570 New Zealand high school pupils also found one in seven had attempted suicide." - [Read more]

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." - [Read more]

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." - [Read more]

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." - [Read more]

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

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." - [Read more]

Right to Life supports the New Zealand Medical Council’s complaints to the Minister of Health at the proposal of Dr Nitschke, [Dr Death] visiting New Zealand conducting workshops promoting suicide and organising Mexican suicide drug trips. - [Read more]

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

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." - [Read more]

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. - [Read more]

Reports that "a warning from mental health experts that asylum seekers on Nauru were at extreme risk of committing suicide prompted the decision late last year to give visas to 25 men who had spent four years in offshore detention." - [Read more]

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 more]

Reports "sleep disturbances, especially nightmares, are common among people who have attempted suicide, new study findings show." - [Read more]

Reports Progressive leader Jim Anderton says the forgotten victims of suicide tend to be family members and friends. He lost a daughter to suicide but he hopes by raising awareness he can stop others from having to go through the same ordeal. - [Read more]

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