Training in Suicide Prevention and Mental Health
LivingWorks is a national Lifeline service aiming to create suicide safer communities by providing training to increase suicide awareness and/or prevent suicide.
Provides a downloadable resource for VET teachers of community services. It covers mental health and wellbeing, suicide prevention, the strategies underpinning these subjects, and approaches to intervention.
Gatekeeper training provides participants in Western Australia and Tasmania with a range of skills and knowledge that aims to improve their ability and confidence to work with suicidal people. Primarily, participants learn how to identify and respond to people who are at risk of suicide.
Wesley Mission's suicide prevention program in NSW aims to educate, empower and resource communities to be aware of the issue of suicide, to recognise the signals of suicide, to effectively intervene and minimise the danger, and to be sufficiently resourced to refer appropriate, qualified help.
A 12-hour training course in Mental Health First Aid designed to provide help to a person developing a mental health problem or in a mental health crisis. Courses are conducted throughout Australia (and also internationally).
The QPR Institute is a multidisciplinary training organisation whose primary goal is to provide suicide prevention educational services and materials to professionals and the general public.
A best-selling book by Paul Quinnett, Ph.D.
Aims to support the tertiary education of selected professionals (in the fields of teaching and journalism), in mental health promotion and suicide prevention, or in raising awareness about these issues. Links to the Media and Mental Health Sector Project (MMHSP) which is part of the National Mindframe Media Initiative.
AISRAP’s Suicide Prevention Skills Training Workshops provide a complete knowledge and skills based approach to suicide prevention training across prevention, intervention and postvention. The workshop has been developed for those working in a broad range of fields including health, education, emergency, clergy, law enforcement, community and social services.
Suicide, Questions, Answers and Resources. An education resource for primary health care, specialist and community settings.
Disclaimer
The diagnosis of mental health disorders requires trained medical professionals. The information on this website is to be used for educational purposes only. It should not be used as a substitute for seeking professional care in the diagnosis and treatment of mental health disorders. Any reference to a commercial product, process, service, company or organisation should not be taken as an endorsement or recommendation by Lifeline.