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Category: Protective Factors

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The fear of death

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on March 9, 2017September 26, 2019

There are few certainties in life, but death is one of them. We are all…

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Hope in the good times and bad

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on February 17, 2017August 19, 2019

Bad times happen to us all. There are circumstances that will break our heart. It…

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The Tukituki River

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on May 18, 2016August 30, 2019

The Tukituki River rises in the Ruahine Range, flowing across Hawke’s Bay, before entering the…

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Mental Illness in the Workplace

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on February 17, 2016

I worked for five years as a Disability Employment Consultant with a company in Frankston.…

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Time to Talk

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on February 9, 2016September 11, 2019

When the media reported in September 2015 that AFL star Lance Buddy Franklin would not…

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Negative Life Events

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on January 22, 2016September 11, 2019

Columnist Nicki Gemmell recently wrote about her mother’s death in The Weekend Australian Magazine. Her…

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Social Connectedness

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on February 26, 2015September 26, 2019

We attended the Scots Day Out in Rosalind Park Bendigo. We stood among the crowd…

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Bruce Rickard

Bruce Rickard

Reflections on Suicide and Staying Alive: My son's suicide changed everything. I felt an obligation to understand why anyone would want to end their life. My regular blog posts explore the causes and prevalence of suicide and what is needed to sustain a healthy mind and a hope-filled future.

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