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Category: Suicide Prevention

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When is the right time to intervene?

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on July 15, 2016August 28, 2019

Kay Warren cofounded Saddleback Church with her husband Rick Warren in Lake Forest, California. In…

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Celebrity Suicide

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on July 7, 2016August 28, 2019

The Bendigo Art Gallery’s blockbuster exhibition, Marilyn Monroe, has attracted thousands of visitors from Melbourne…

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Know the Signs

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on May 31, 2016August 30, 2019

In the 10 years to 2014, there was a 22 percent increase in the suicide…

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Waiting For Godot

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on April 8, 2016January 12, 2024

Samuel Beckett was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969. One of his famous…

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Top Ten Reads in 2015

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on December 20, 2015September 12, 2019

I enjoy reading. I have been an enthusiastic reader in my adult years. While growing…

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Rational Suicide?

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on November 30, 2015September 18, 2019

Professor of Philosophy at Latrobe University, Jana Thompson, says, “People sometimes have good reasons for…

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Victoria Police and Work-related Suicide

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on November 13, 2015September 19, 2019

The recent tragic death of a leading senior constable at the Seaford Multi-Disciplinary Centre has…

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Suicide Prevention Targets

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on November 5, 2015September 19, 2019

The Federal Labor Party has made a commitment, should they be elected to government, to…

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Stay

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on October 23, 2015September 19, 2019

Suicidal thoughts are reasonably common. Something like 3–4% of adults think about suicide at least…

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Elderly men have the highest suicide rate

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on September 18, 2015September 20, 2019

Earlier this year the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released their 2013 report on causes…

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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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