SUICIDE in RURAL & REMOTE AREAS of AUSTRALIA - Living is for ...

Acknowledgements
The present report has been requested by the
Australian Suicide Prevention Advisory Council
(ASPAC) and funded by the Commonwealth
Department of Health and Ageing. The report will
assist the Council in their formation on advice to the
Minister for Mental Health and Ageing.
We would also like to acknowledge that the data
analysed in Chapter Three was collected within the
frames of the Australian Research Council Linkage
Project (ARC LP 0562078) “Preventing Suicide: A
psychological autopsy study of the last contact with
a health professional before suicide”. Special thanks
must go to our co-investigators Professors Brian
Draper and John Snowdon, to clinicians Dr Angelo
de Gioannis and Dr Hugh Simpson, and to clinical
interviewers Davina Donovan, Kwong Chan and
Trudi Little. We also appreciated the support from
our partners in the study: Queensland Health; QLD
Offi ce of the State Coroner, Department of Justice;
Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol Offi ce, NSW
Department of Health; Black Dog Institute; South
East Sydney and Illawarra Area Health; Department
of Veterans’ Affairs; and Lifeline, Community Care.
The information provided by the Costing Information
Analysis Section, Medicare Financing & Analysis
Branch, Department of Health and Ageing, was also
greatly appreciated.
Finally, we would also like to thank the ASPAC
members, especially the ASPAC Rural and Remote
working group: Professor Ian Webster, Professor
Brian Kelly, Dr Michael Dudley, Ms Dawn O’Neil, and
Ms Adele Cox.
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