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Michael Kyron, Research Fellow, School of Psychological Science, The University of Western Australia

EXPLAINED: Have we been trying to prevent suicides wrong all this time | Vintage Vibes

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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 from 2012 to 2022.

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