| Description |
iii, 24 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Goal of the plan -- Aims of the plan -- Key target groups -- Action plan -- Aim 1. Develop, trial and evaluate best practice approaches to suicide prevention for groups of young poeple at the highest risk of committing suicide -- 1.1. Establish a youth suicide prevention advisory group to give expert advice on priorities for action -- 1.2. Establish a national program of demonstration projects in youth suicide prevention which will develop new and better ways of working with young people at the highest risk of suicide -- 1.3. Administer funding for the program of national demonstration projects in youth suicide prevention -- 1.4. Evaluate demonstration projects, and develop strategies to promote wider implementation of effective models -- Aim 2. Integrate best practice in youth suicide prevention into standard approaches to youth health and to young people in crisis or at risk of suicide -- 2.1. Outline and report on existing initiatives and services in youth suicide prevention -- 2.2. Improve and coordinate data collection and information dissemination -- 2.3. Integrate best practice in youth suicide prevention with ongoing reforms to make services and policies more responsive to the needs of young people -- attachment A. Terms of reference for the youth suicide prevention advisory group -- attachment B. Here for life: indicative annual expenditure -- attachment C. Summary of key milestonese to maternal sm |
| Analysis |
Federal issue |
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Mental health |
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Rural youth |
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Suicide |
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Youth |
| Notes |
Cat. no. 9509860 |
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Commonwealth of Australia 1995 |
| Subject |
Suicide -- Australia -- Prevention.
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Youth -- Suicidal behavior -- Australia.
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| Author |
Australia. Department of Human Services and Health. Mental Health Branch
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| LC no. |
95326752 |
| ISBN |
0644455918 |
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