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The Lifeline Research Office collaborates with Australian and international experts to strengthen the evidence base for crisis support and suicide prevention.

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19 Results

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Research Project

Exploring the Suicide Prevention Research Continuum

A collection of essays outlining Australia’s suicide prevention research landscape, highlighting gaps, vulnerable groups, and opportunities for better evidence-based action.
Read time icon 60 minutes read
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Frequent Callers to Lifeline

A detailed study profiling Lifeline’s frequent callers, exploring their needs and proposing an evidence-based service model to improve support.
Read time icon 30 minutes read
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Preventing suicide - A global imperative

Comprehensive WHO report analysing global suicide data, risk factors and prevention strategies, outlining evidence-based actions for national, multisectoral suicide prevention.
Read time icon 60 minutes read
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Encouraging Men to Seek Help

Research report examining how positive media stories influence men’s help-seeking for depression and anxiety, analysing newsprint coverage and helpline contact data.
Read time icon 50 minutes read
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Social Return on Investment forecast

Of the Lifeline Online Crisis Support Chat Service.
Read time icon 25 minutes read
Crisis Support
Research Project

Crisis Support - The Legacy and Future of Helplines

A comprehensive review of crisis intervention history, principles and helpline practice, outlining how crisis support strengthens mental health and suicide prevention.
Read time icon 45 minutes read
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Lifeline’s Approach to Suicide Prevention

Explanation of Lifeline’s suicide prevention approach, outlining crisis theory, contributing factors, service models and Lifeline’s unique role in supporting people in crisis.
Read time icon 12 minutes read
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Standards and Guidelines for Suicide Bereavement Support Groups

National guidelines outlining best-practice standards for establishing, running and evaluating suicide bereavement support groups to ensure safe, effective, culturally appropriate care.
Read time icon 20 minutes read
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Lifeline’s Suicide Prevention Strategy

Lifeline’s organisation-wide strategy outlining priorities, interventions and outcomes designed to create suicide-safer communities through crisis support, training and follow-up care.
Read time icon 12 minutes read
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Current research

The Lifeline Research Office partners with leading Australian and international research groups to grow the crisis support and suicide prevention evidence base. This research is the cornerstone of Lifeline’s service provision, advocacy and policy advice.

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Lived Experience Advisory Group

Lifeline Australia recognises the varied and profound ways suicide and crisis impacts the lives of many Australians. We acknowledge the inherent value of lived experience of crisis and suicidality and are committed to ensuring that this experience meaningfully informs our work and services.

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