Research priorities in suicide - Australian study

A recent study published in the Australian Health Review shows that despite suicide being a priority in Australia for some time, rates of suicide and related behaviours remain high.  In Research priorities in suicide prevention: an examination of Australian-based research 2007-11, the authors, Robinson and Pirkis, examine research into suicide that has been conducted during that time, in order to see whether research that can guide best practice is being prioritised.  They found that most studies (particularly focusing on youth) were epidemiological and that there was a disappointing lack of intervention studies.

Australian Health Review 38(1) 18-24 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH13058.  Contact your health library for full text of the article.