Practitioners and families are called to support a new ten-point approach to preventing youth suicide. yourtown has released a Position Paper based on the voices of young people accessing Kids Helpline and input from practitioners to bridge the current lack of a coordinated national youth suicide prevention strategy. All community support organisations and health services must commit to working together to provide integrated support for young people and their families facing this issue. Read the Position Paper as a starting point to contributing to the conversation. Based on feedback, yourtown has also created two new comics to help young people who may be experiencing thoughts of suicide, or may be concerned about a friend, as well as a guide for parents on how to have a conversation with young people about suicide, and how to provide support. Service providers are encouraged to make these easy to understand resources available to clients.
