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Have we been trying to prevent suicides wrongly all this time?

  • Written by Michael Kyron, Research Fellow, School of Psychological Science, The University of Western Australia
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Traditional approaches to preventing suicide have focused on “who is at risk?” The aim is to identify an individual and to help them get support.

But that approach doesn’t seem to be working. Australia’s suicide rates have remained stubbornly high. There was an increase in the rate of suicides...

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