BMRI5026 Suicide and Suicide Prevention

The following outline is a guide to the topics that may be presented as part of the unit of study BMRI5026 Suicide and Suicide Prevention, offered in Semester 1 only.

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Class Lecturer and Presentation
Week 1 Self-directed reading contained in eLearning
Week 2 WEEKEND WORKSHOP 1
Adjunct Associate Professor John Mendoza

The workshop will include analyses of some of the major current controversies in suicide and suicide prevention.

Topics will include:

  • Prevalence and consequences of suicide and self harm behaviours in Australia
  • Learning from the lived experience – personal stories from suicide attempt survivors and bereaved persons
  • Why do people suicide?
  • What works?

The workshop will be part didactic and part interactive. The didactic sessions will be short with opportunities to apply learning in workplace and in other contexts.

Week 3

Self-directed reading contained in eLearning

Week 4 Self-directed reading contained in eLearning
Week 5 Self-directed reading contained in eLearning
Week 6 Self-directed reading contained in eLearning
Week 7 WEEKEND WORKSHOP 2
Adjunct Associate Professor John Mendoza and guests

This workshop will include assessing risk and communication skills for working with people at risk of suicide and those bereaved by suicide.

Topics will include:

  • The policy context in Australia
  • Learning from elsewhere – NZ, UK, Finland and Asia
  • Reducing the Burden – strategy and policy, social media, and among high-risk groups
  • Understanding Indigenous suicide
  • Pathways to/from care
  • Postvention services

The workshop will be part didactic, and part interactive. The didactic sessions will be short with opportunities to apply learning in workplace and other contexts.

Week 8 Self-directed reading contained in eLearning
Week 9 Self-directed reading contained in eLearning
Week 10 Self-directed reading contained in eLearning
Week 11 Self-directed reading contained in eLearning
Week 12 Self-directed reading contained in eLearning
Week 13 WORKSHOP 3
Adjunct Associate Professor John Mendoza
  • Student presentations
  • Summary & close the unit