Preventing suicide by young people

Preventing suicide by young people is a discussion paper from BoysTown, the organisation that runs the Kids Helpline. The paper reports that "In 2013, 2,522 people died by suicide in Australia. Twenty-two of these were children aged 5- 14 years, 148 were adolescents aged 15-19 years, and a further 200 were young people aged 20-24 years."  Suicide is in fact the leading cause of death in children and young people.

The paper outlines risk and protective factors against suicide for young people, looks at what's happening in preventive and early intervention in Australia, examines clinical and service interventions and discusses opportunities for improvements across the board.  There is a useful guide and summary to Apps aimed at suicide intervention as an appendix.