[Lara]

Just a really huge warning here to you all. I feel this so important but it is very confronting. So confronting in fact that I sought permission to post. Not for me, but for all of you. The irony is that the whole show was about how we don't "talk about it", but I felt I should ask before posting.


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Talking Suicide
http://www.sbs.com.au/insight/episod...d/406#overview
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Insight
sbs.com.au
Tuesday, 7 Jun 11

More Australians die from suicide than on our roads, but it's hardly ever talked about publicly.

Fears of copycat suicides have meant the topic is a virtual no-go area, with the media, police and film makers avoiding the issue in detail.

However, there's debate around whether this is the best approach.

The award-winning Australian mental health expert Pat McGorry thinks not. He says guidelines for reporting suicide are outdated, and that the problem should be tackled head on, with a national campaign and statistics published regularly.

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