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ISLHD Community Mental Health Consumer Consultation
14 August 2017
Adult Community Mental Health (ISLHD) are looking at how they can improve how they provide services to you.
Read MoreISLHD Community Mental Health (Adult) - Model of Care / Service Provider Consultation
15 June 2017
Over the next few months, the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District (ISLHD) Community Mental Health Service (Adult) will be reviewing, designing and implementing their Model of Care (Moc).
Read MoreLifeSpan survey - Share a voice to help out!
7 June 2017
You are invited to take part in an online survey for a research study which will investigate whether a community-wide, integrated suicide prevention program, called LifeSpan, can change suicide risk, knowledge, behaviours, and attitudes.
Read MoreGrand Pacific Health launch suicide prevention initiative
12 May 2017
Grand Pacific Health today officially launched the Suicide Prevention Initiative ‘Next Steps’.
Read MoreAction urgently needed to stem rising youth mental illness
19 April 2017
A joint report released today by Mission Australia and Black Dog Institute shows more young Australians are in psychological distress than five years ago, with almost one in four young people in 2016 meeting the criteria for probable serious mental illness and young females twice as likely as males to report high psychological distress.
Read MoreWorking groups established to focus on specific areas of suicide prevention
7 April 2017
The Suicide Prevention Collaborative has established five Working Groups, each focused on a specific area of suicide prevention.
Read MoreBlack Dog Institute representatives meet with Collaborative
6 December 2016
More than 60 people recently came together in Kiama as part of the Illawarra Shoalhaven Suicide Prevention Collaborative meeting with Black Dog Institute.
Read MoreNew approach to suicide prevention to be implemented
4 August 2016
The Illawarra Shoalhaven region has been selected to take part in Australia’s largest integrated suicide prevention program expected to reduce suicide deaths by 20% and suicide attempts by 30%.
Read MoreLocal organisations join forces to combat high rates of suicide
20 April 2016
With suicide being the leading cause of deaths for Australians aged between 15 and 44 years, a new cross-sectoral alliance has been formed in the Illawarra Shoalhaven, working together to lower suicide rates within the region.
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