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Recent Trends in Suicide in Australia

Academic English B 8 December 2009

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Suicides, 2005, ABS, 3309.0

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Suicides, 2005, ABS, 3309.0

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Suicides, 2005, ABS, 3309.0

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WHO Suicide Country Reports

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Suicide in rural and remote communities, LIFE Fact Sheet 18

7 Health and Welfare of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islanders, 2008, ABS, 4704.0

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• Suicides 2005 (3309.0) ABS
• The Health and Welfare of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, 2008

(4704.0) ABS

• Australian Social Trends 2003 (4102.0) ABS
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Farrelly, Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health, 3(3), 2004.

– http://auseinet.flinders.edu.au/journal/vol3iss3/elliottfarrelly.pdf

• An Analysis of Suicide in Indigenous Communities of North Queensland: The Historical,

Cultural and Symbolic Landscape

– http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/C143D432E3817918CA2571F10000CC3A/$F ile/indall.pdf

• Understanding Youth Suicide: Information Kit

– http://www.mcsp.org.au/files/user2/youth_suicide_information_kit.pdf

• WHO Mental Health Country Reports and Charts

– http://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/suicide/country_reports/en/index.html

• LIFE (Living Is For Everyone) Fact Sheets

– http://www.livingisforeveryone.com.au/LIFE-Fact-sheets.html

• The National Suicide Prevention Strategy

– http://www.health.gov.au/internet/mentalhealth/publishing.nsf/Content/national-suicide-prevention-strategy-1

• Wesley Mission

– http://www.wesleymission.org.au/publications/r&d/suicide.htm

• Suicide Prevention Australia

– http://www.suicidepreventionaust.org/ – http://www.suicidepreventionaust.org/Resources.aspx

• Beyond Blue

– http://www.beyondblue.org