Black Dog - Advanced Suicide Prevention Training - Newcastle

"Suicide rates in Australia have not declined in the past decade".

The PHN is working with the Black Dog Institute’s Lifespan project to provide access to quality, evidenced based suicide prevention training and patient screening to increase skills and confidence of GPs and Practice Nurses to detect and manage at-risk patients.

Research has shown that excellent primary health can significantly decrease deaths and attempts (between 22 per cent and 73 per cent), particularly when the care is integrated into a multifaceted suicide prevention program.

Our new workshop aims to increase health professionals skill and confidence in taking a detailed suicide history and developing a collaborative management plan to increase the safety of people planning suicide.

The workshop provides practical tools for health professionals managing the full spectrum of suicide risk presentations including the acute suicidal crisis, care after a suicide attempt and assisting families experiencing suicide bereavement.

All Hunter based health practitioners are invited to attend.

This is a category 1, 40 points CPD event.