Professor Jane Pirkis
Director, Centre for Mental Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne
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Health & Medicine
Scaling up efforts to tackle male self-harm
Men and boys account for 75 per cent of deaths from suicide, making them a key group for interventions, but an expanded national effort to prevent suicide demands that we have evidence of what actually works
Health & Medicine
Men’s self-reliance linked to risk of self-harm
Data from nearly 14,000 men shows those who strongly identify as self-reliant are more likely to have suicidal thoughts