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The Living Is For Everyone (LIFE) website is a world-class suicide and self-harm prevention resource. Dedicated to providing the best available evidence and resources to guide activities aimed at reducing the rate at which people take their lives in Australia, the LIFE website is designed for people across the community who are involved in suicide and self-harm prevention activities.

What's New

A profile page for OzHelp Tasmania: a New Building and Construction Industry-Based Suicide Prevention Initiative is now online.

Relationship between the Economy, Unemployment and Suicide , a literature review conducted by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (USA), has been added to the LIFE library.

A profile page for Perth Primary Care's suicide prevention project Promote Living is now online.

Read the new library item reviews page. LIFE encourages readers to review library items by following the 'review this item' link at the bottom of every library item.

Featured Project

 Rural Alive and Well
Rural Alive and Well is a community suicide prevention project that was developed in response to the extreme drought conditions prevalent in the Southern Midlands and Central Highlands of Tasmania (pictured above: outreach worker Craig Kinsella).  

LIFE News

LIFE News is the online newsletter of the National Suicide Prevention Strategy in Australia. Published quarterly, LIFE News features comment, project updates, national and international research, and much more.

LIFE News issue 2, which focuses on suicide prevention and primary care, is now available online.

LIFE Framework

 

To obtain a hard copy of the LIFE Framework order here.

Published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, Is there a relationship between elderly suicide rates and smoking? A cross-national study is a featured journal article in LIFE’s research library.

LIFE's primary care page includes information on primary care and suicide prevention, helplines for referral, and a list of useful resources.

Youth suicide is a major health issue in Australia and around the world. LIFE's youth page contains general facts, statistics and trends, and information on key organisations and policy.

All the action from Putting LIFE Into Practice (held at the Melbourne Convention Centre) is available online. The event page features podcasts, photos and PowerPoint presentations.