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Auseinet: The Australian Network for Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health
Auseinet informs, educates and promotes good practice in a range of sectors and the community about mental health promotion, prevention, early intervention and suicide prevention across the lifespan.
http://www.auseinet.com/
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention
AISRAP offers suicide prevention skills training, offering several levels from certificate courses to masters degrees with honours. The courses provide a range of practical skills and knowledge for those who work with people at risk of suicide. Post graduate courses additionally offer a comprehensive theoretical analysis of suicide.
http://www.gu.edu.au/school/psy/aisrap
Evaluation: A Guide for Good Practice
This booklet is a practical guide to designing and implementing evaluation for a wide range of promotion and prevention initiatives. The booklet outlines how people can work with each other, their stakeholders, clients and community to develop relevant, affordable and achievable evaluations for their initiatives. It also demonstrates how these evaluation processes can become part of day to day practice.
http://www.mentalhealth.gov.au/pdf/evaluation.pdf
Here for Life
Here for Life is a not-for-profit public benevolent organisation focusing on education, awareness and research aimed at the prevention of youth suicide. The organization provides resources, education and school based life skills programs to help prevent suicide amongst young people. Why? Because 10 young Australians will kill themselves this week and over 1,000 will attempt.
http://www.hereforlife.org.au/
Keep Yourself Alive
Keep Yourself Alive was a comprehensive multimodal education and training program for general practitioners and health, welfare and education professionals in the recognition, assessment, counselling and postvention related to young poeple with suicidal behaviours.
http://auseinet.flinders.edu.au/suiprev/resources/kya.php
Living Works
Living Works provides resources in suicide prevention as well as suicide prevention training (ASIST).
http://www.livingworks.org.au
Mental Health First Aid Manual
In order to help people provide initial support for someone with a mental health problem, the Centre for Mental Health Research at the Australian National University has developed a Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training course and the manual. The MHFA course is a 12-hour course developed in 2000 by Betty Kitchener and Professor Tony Jorm with the aim to improve the mental health literacy of members of the Australian community.
http://www.mhfa.com.au/course_manual.htm
   
   
   

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