Tools and resources

• Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Clinical Practice Guidelines for the management of deliberate self-harm (adult and youth)
• Working with the Suicidal Person: Clinical Practice Guidelines for emergency departments and mental health services

ATAPS After-Hours Suicide Support Line

(phone 1800 859 585)

The ATAPS After-Hours Suicide Support Line is a phone service which supports clients of the ATAPS Suicide Prevention Service.

This telephone service supports clients of the ATAPS Suicide Prevention Service and operates between 5pm and 9am Monday to Friday and 24 hours on weekends and public holidays. The service provides counselling and support to clients with the primary focus being the management and reduction of the risk of suicide and self harm.  For further information about how ATAPS providers can access this support for their clients go to

http://www.crisissupport.org.au/ATAPS-After-Hours-Support-Service.html#

Australian Indigenous mental health website

http://indigenous.ranzcp.org/content/view/4/4/

Suicide Call Back Service

(phone 1300 659 467)

The Suicide Call Back Service website provides information and resources for people at risk of suicide, their carers and those bereaved by the suicide of a loved one.  It includes video interviews, a support forum for carers, and a directory of community resources.  

http://www.suicidecallbackservice.org.au/

Griffiths University Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention (AISRAP)

AISRAP was established as the National Centre of Excellence in Suicide Prevention, funded by the Commonwealth government's Department of Health and Ageing.

http://www.griffith.edu.au/health/australian-institute-suicide-research-prevention

Headspace

Headspace is the National Youth Mental Health Foundation, helping young people aged 12 to 25. The website contains professional resources, including links to clinical practice guidelines and information about training courses.

www.headspace.org.au

Health Institute Suicide Prevention Research and Statistics (Australia)

This website contains research and statistical information on suicide and suicide prevention in Australia.

http://www.healthinsite.gov.au/topics/Suicide_Prevention_Research_and_Statistics

Lifeline

Lifeline connects people with care by providing services in Suicide Prevention, Crisis Support and Mental Health Support. The website contains information about support services and resources.

http://www.lifeline.org.au/

Living is for everyone (Life)

The Living Is For Everyone (LIFE) is a world-class suicide and self-harm prevention resource. Dedicated to providing the best available evidence and resources to guide activities aimed at reducing the rate at which people take their lives in Australia, this site is designed for people across the community who are involved in suicide and self-harm prevention activities. 

http://www.livingisforeveryone.com.au/

Mindframe-media (Australia)

This website, based on the print resource Reporting Suicide and Mental Illness, provides practical advice and information to support the work of media professionals by informing them about sensitive and appropriate reporting of suicide and mental illness. (Note, this website has statistics and resources that may be of interest to ATAPS clinicians).

http://www.mindframe-media.info/site/index.cfm?display=84350

Reach out Australia

The Reach Out site provides young people with the information, help, support,
advice and connections they need to manage mental health difficulties

http://au.reachout.com/

Suicide Prevention Australia

Suicide Prevention Australia (SPA) is a non-profit, community organisation which supports individuals and organisations throughout Australia, and promotes collaboration and partnerships in suicide and self harm prevention, intervention and postvention.

http://suicidepreventionaust.org/resources/

Suicide Prevention Resource Centre (US website)

http://www.sprc.org/

Suicide Questions Answers and Resources (SQUARE)

Square is an integrated suicide prevention resource developed by General Practice SA and Relationships Australia (SA) in conjunction with the Federal and State Governments. The square website contains resources for primary health care and community specialists and individuals working with people who are at risk of suicide.
http://square.org.au/

The Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC)

A US based website which provides prevention support, training, and resources to assist organizations and individuals to develop suicide prevention programs, interventions and policies. The site has links to a variety of resources.

http://sprc.org/about_sprc/index.asp

The Black Dog Institute

The Black Dog Institute is a not-for-profit, educational, research, clinical and community-oriented facility offering specialist expertise in depression and bipolar disorder. The website contains a number of tip sheets for clients, screening assessment tools and other resources.

http://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/healthprofessionals/resources/overview.cfm

Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit

http://www.vtpu.org.au/

• Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention (AISRAP) Training
• Griffiths University Graduate Certificate in Suicide Prevention Studies
• Suicide Questions Answers and Resources (SQUARE) Training
• The MHPN website (see webinars and upcoming network meetings)
• The APS events calendar 

The APS is a not endorsing the training/events listed on this web portal, but simply providing information that may be of interest to practitioners.

APS Tip sheets

•  Understanding and preventing suicide in young people

Link to other sites

• Life fact sheets
• beyondblue fact sheets
• The Black Dog Institute information sheets for clients
• Sane Australia fact sheets
• Headspace fact sheets

References

• APS guidelines (literature review): Evidence-based psychological interventions.
• NSW Department of Health (2004). Framework for suicide risk assessment and management for NSW health staff. http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/pubs/2005/suicide_risk.html
• The Lancet (series on suicide): http://www.thelancet.com/series/suicide
• NSW Department of Health Suicide Prevention for Older People Training Manual: http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/pubs/2003/pdf/suicide_prevent.pdf

Articles

Bryan, C.J., & Rudd, M.D. (2006). Advances in the assessment of suicide risk. Journal of Clinical Psychology,62 (2), 185-200.

De Gioannis, A., and De Leo, D.(2012). Managing suicidal patients in clinical practice. Open Journal of Psychiatry, 2, 49-60.

Gilliland, B., & James, R. (1997). Crisis intervention strategies. Scarborough: Brooks/Cole Publishing Co.

Goldenring, J. M., & Cohen, E. (1988). Getting into adolescents' heads. Contemporary Pediatrics, 5, 75 90.

Jobes, D. A. (2006). Managing Suicidal Risk: A Collaborative Approach. New York: Guilford Press.

Jobes, D. A., Moore, M. M., & O'Connor, S. S. (2007). Working with suicidal clients using the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS). Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 29(4), 283-300.

See Bibliography section in Training Resources for additional references.

There are a number of organisations throughout Australia which provide important information and resources around suicide prevention. You can contact these organisations via the websites listed below:

• Living is for Everyone (LIFE):
  www.livingisforeveryone.com.au
• Suicide Prevention Australia:
  www.suicidepreventionaust.org
• Crisis Support Services:
  www.crisissupport.org.au/Default.aspx#MLA
• Lifeline:
  www.lifeline.org.au or call 13 1114 
• Headspace:
  www.headspace.org.au
• Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention:
  www.griffith.edu.au/health/australian-institute-suicide-research-prevention

• Suicide prevention guideline

• AISRAP Protocol
• Risk assessment guide
• Suicide risk assessment guide (NSW)
• Crisis referral template

• Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS)-42 Item questionnaire
• Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS)-21 item questionnaire
• K10
• Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)
• The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (for children and youth)
• Spence Children's Anxiety Scales (for children and youth)

• RANZCP -  Prevention and early intervention of mental illness in infants, children and adolescents
  http://www.ranzcp.org/Files/ranzcp-attachments/Resources/peips_report-pdf.aspx
  
• Royal Children’s Hospital policy brief on child mental health: Translating early childhood research evidence to inform policy and practice
  http://www.rch.org.au/uploadedFiles/Main/Content/ccch/PB5_Childhood_mental_health.pdf
  
• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - A picture of Australia's children 2012  http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=10737423343  
• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - Headline indicators for children's health, development and wellbeing, 2011
  http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=10737419587
  
• NICE – Promoting Children Social and Emotional Wellbeing in Primary Education (2008)  http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/live/11948/40117/40117.pdf
  
• Department of Human Services - Child development and trauma
  http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/for-service-providers/children,-youth-and-families/child-protection/specialist-practice-resources-for-child-protection-workers/child-development-and-trauma-specialist-practice-resource
  
• RACGP fact sheet: Is my child normal?
  http://www.racgp.org.au/download/documents/AFP/2011/September/201109oberklaid.pdf
  
• National Health and Medical Research Council - Diagnosis, assessment and management of ADHD in children and adolescents (2012)
  http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/_files_nhmrc/publications/attachments/mh26_adhd_cpp_2012_120903.pdf
  
• Issues in Mental Health Assessment with Indigenous Australians chapter http://www.childhealthresearch.org.au/media/54901/chapter14.pdf
  
• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, practice parameters http://www.aacap.org/cs/root/member_information/practice_information/practice_parameters/practice_parameters

• For information about ATAPS, see Department of Health and Ageing website http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/content/mental-boimhc-ataps 
• KidsMatter Primary and Early Childhood
  http://www.kidsmatter.edu.au/
  
• Raising Children Network
  http://raisingchildren.net.au/ - Australian parenting resource parents of children (birth to teens)
• Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
  http://www.mcri.edu.au/ - largest child health research organisation in Australia
• Parenting Research Center
  http://www.parentingrc.org.au/ - an Australian non-profit research and development organisation with an exclusive focus on parenting