After suicide - resource tool kit
Suicide bereavement and postvention resources
- Lived Experience of Suicide
- Suicide Prevention Education, Consultation, and Evaluation
- StandBy Support After Suicide
- Postvention Australia
- Everymind
- beyondblue – information if you’re feeling suicidal, supporting someone else or have lost someone to suicide
- Suicide Prevention Australia
- headspace – The Postvention Toolkit is a guide for secondary schools on how to respond to a student suicide
- Jesuit Social Services – Education for health and welfare professionals, resources for counselling and group support for those bereaved by suicide
- Lifeline – 24-hour crisis support and suicide prevention services
- Mindframe
Specific populations
- Australian Institute of Male Health and Studies – Fact sheets highlighting factors involved in male suicide
- Conversations Matter – Resources for discussing suicide
- Peer CARE Companion Warmline – Roses in the Ocean
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Where available, Aboriginal-led services should be prioritised as the first point of contact, with mainstream services providing complementary support, as guided by the person or community.
- National guide to preventive healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- Gayaa Dhuwi (Proud Spirit) Australia
- The Centre of Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention
- Life in Mind – Indigenous Suicide Prevention – comprehensive data and cultural context
- BLKTRX Directory (Victoria) – mobile-friendly access to culturally safe SEWB services
- The Healing Foundation
- 13YARN
- NACCHO (ACCHOs)
LGBTQIA+ people
- LGBTIQ+ Health Australia
- QLife
- ACON
- TransHub
- Intersex Human Rights Australia
- LGBTQIA+ bereavement groups
- LGBTQIA+ Suicide Postvention Response Plan
Children and young people
Resources for GPs who have lost a patient to suicide
- StandBy Support After Suicide
- drs4drs
- RACGP members can contact the RACGP GP Support Program (1300 361 008)
- ACRRM members can contact their Confidential Member Support (EAP) line (1800 818 728)
- Doctors’ Health Advisory Services (state-based, recommend searching within your state)
- State-based Doctors’ Health Programs
- CRANAplus Bush Support Service for rural and remote GPs (1800 805 391)
- Suicide Call Back Service – A free, professional, national 24/7 telephone, video and on-line counselling service dedicated to those feeling suicidal, bereaved by suicide, and to medical professionals working with suicidal patients
- SANE Helpline – access to a mental health professional on 1800 18 SANE (7263) or online
- Salvation Army Hope for Life – information, resources and training for those who support people who are at risk of suicide or have lost a loved one to suicide
Mental health training resources
- The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) – The RACGP has developed e-Mental health: A guide for GPs to assist your use of e-mental health interventions with your patients when it is safe to do so
- GPMHSC accredited mental health training
- RACGP Early assessment for safety and learning (EASL)
- LivingWorks Suicide Prevention Training
Mental disorders resources
- Department of Veterans’ Affairs – GP summary on complicated grief
- Centre for Complicated Grief – Complicated grief assessment instruments
- Phoenix Australia: Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health – Australian Guidelines for the Treatment of Acute Stress Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Legal and administration considerations
- Australian Medical Association (AMA) – Resources about confidentiality guidelines and disclosing medical records to third parties
- MDA National – Information about accessing medical records of a deceased patient