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Mental health advocates - including Patrick McGorry and SA coroner Mark Johns - have called for a public toll, similar to the road toll, to highlight suicides. Meanwhile, a spate of suicides - including the death of a doctor who was a mental health advocate - have renewed fears the sector is unable to cope. Lifeline and News Digital Media, publisher of The Punch, today announce a project that will help Australians access online, anonymous, confidential support.
With suicide being the leading cause of death for young Australians, you think that you’d find a plethora of information and support online to help those in crisis.
Suicide kills more Australians than road accidents each year. In 2008, 2191 people took their own lives, while the road toll was below 1450. These figures don’t include the tens of thousands more who attempt taking their own lives each year. Nor do these figures include the hundreds of thousands of people who are either bereaved or contemplating suicide, or both.
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