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Celebrities say WTF?! about suicide among LGBT youth

Everyone deserves to be treated with respect – More than 30 of New Zealand’s leading celebrities come together in this Rainbow Youth and Outline campaign to ask New Zealand to stand together and say WTF?! .

Watch the video and share with your friends!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2D_4JwQ2Fug

Suicide Prevention in NZ Newsletter for May 2012

The latest issue of the SPINZ Newsletter is now available in PDF or web page format. They bring you a variety of articles that will appeal to a range of people working or interested in suicide prevention, as well as an article aimed at assisting the media with its reporting of suicide.

Links in this contents list take you to the web pages:

Always something better round the corner – Kurt didn’t grow up in an idyllic family setting – he offers insight into how to turn your life around when things aren’t so rosy.

Making suicide support sites more visible – Pro-suicide websites show up more commonly than support sites for people searching the net for suicide information. A group of Wellington researchers suggests ways to turn this around.

When a colleague takes his own life... – Radio host Mike Puru talks on video about the day he lost his colleague to suicide and how he and his colleagues dealt with the fallout.

Empowering rangatahi, strengthening communities – Michael Naera listens to what communities need, and helps them build on their strengths. Find out how he and Kia Piki te Ora are doing this for communities across the Lakes District and beyond.

Preventing suicide: it begins with you – Lifeline urges people to take its ASIST first aid course in suicide prevention.

Go, Think, Stop: a quick guide for reporters – We introduce the media to a simple “traffic light” guide for reporting on suicide

Latest suicide facts released – Take a quick look at the latest official New Zealand suicide statistics.

New books & research – A selection of the latest research and books available from the Mental Health Foundation’s Resource & Information Service.

Mauri ora
Moira Clunie and Witi Ashby
Suicide Prevention Information Development Manager and Development Manager Māori
Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand

Latest Health and Disabiity NGO Email Update from Ministry of Health

A recent report on the suicide prevention action plan, developments in youth forensic services, and working together to keep children safe are all topics covered in the latest update from the Health and Disability NGO Email Update.

All updates are available http://www.ngo.health.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexcm/ngo-news-updates?Open&m_id=2.1.

Or to subscribe to regular email updates email ngo@moh.govt.nz

Nationwide Ministry of Health Resources

for your information and reference – Nationwide resources….provided by Ministry of Health across New Zealand

Support and help for individuals

Helplines

  • Lifeline 0800 543 354
  • Lifeline’s Suicide helpline 0508 TAUTOKO
  • Youthline 0800 376 633
  • Kidsline 0800 543 754 (weekdays 4-6 pm)
  • What’s Up 0800 942 8787 (one to 11 pm 7 days, for young people aged 5 to 18)
  •  Depression Helpline 0800 111 757
  • Samaritans 0800 826 666 (lower North Island and Upper South Island) provides confidential, non-judgmental emotional support through their telephone helpline 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to people in distress and at risk of dying by suicide.
  • Healthline 0800 611 116

Websites

  • The Lowdown (for young people) www.thelowdown.co.nz or freetext 5626
  • The Depression website www.depression.org.nz  which provides information about depression and an online depression self-management programme ‘The Journal’ presented by John Kirwan, which is backed up by online and phone base personalised support services.
  • Samaritans www.samaritans.org.nz

Services

  • Primary care professional or general practitioner
  • Community mental health service through the local district health boards (contact details in the white pages or at www.moh.govt.nz/districthealthboards

Support for families and friends

General Information Sources

  • Ministry of Health www.moh.govt.nz/suicideprevention – information about suicide and suicide prevention, facts, and Ministry publications
  • Suicide Prevention Information New Zealand www.spinz.org.nz – the national information service to provide high quality information to promote safe and effective suicide prevention activities.
  • The Mental Health Foundation www.mentalhealth.org.nz provides free information and training, and advocates for policies and services that support people with experience of mental illness, and also their families/whanau and friends.

Suicide Prevention Newsletter: Issue 19 March 2012

LIFE News

LIFE News is the online newsletter of the Australian Government’s National Suicide Prevention Strategy.  LIFE News features expert comment, project updates, and much more.

http://www.livingisforeveryone.com.au/News.aspx?PageID=317#story1