Forum presentations
Associate Minister of Health Peter Dunne's Opening Address
Reporting of Suicide in the New Zealand Media
Associate Professor Brian McKenna
Over a 12-month period, Associate Professor Brian McKenna researched how the New Zealand media reported on suicide and if this reporting was in line with the Ministry of Health’s best practice standards.
Understanding Families and Suicide Risk: Implications for suicide prevention practice
John Fitzgerald (Director/Consultant Clinical Psychologist, The Psychology Centre)
By interviewing families with experience of suicidal behaviour, and practitioners who work closely with families at risk, John Fitzgerald was able to delve into what family resilience means and investigate how a family’s strength can assist in situations when a young person is at risk.
Feasibility of comparing dialectical behaviour therapy with treatment as usual for suicidal and self-injuring adolescents: the treatment phase of a small randomized controlled trial
Dr. Emily Cooney, Dr. Kirsten Davis, Ms. Pania Thompson, Ms. Julie Wharewera-Mika (all from Kari Centre, ADHB) and Ms. Joanna Stewart (University of Auckland)
By randomly assigning 29 adolescents, who in the previous three months had a suicide attempt or history of self-injury, either uncontrolled treatment or six months of dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) this research assessed whether DBT was acceptable to New Zealand adolescents, families and clinicians.
Evaluation of the NZ Guidelines Group Self-Harm and Suicide Prevention Collaborative - Whakawhanaungatanga
Julian King and Michelle Moss
The evaluation describes the collaborative methodology, reviews quality of project implementation, impacts achieved, and stakeholder satisfaction of the New Zealand Guidelines Group Self-Harm and Suicide Prevention Collaborative. The collaborative was designed to improve crisis care in emergency departments and mental health services while recognising local situations, people and resources.
Suicide Behaviours and Mental Health Issues of Secondary School Students in New Zealand: Findings from the Youth2000 national health surveys in 2001 & 2007
Dr Peter Watson
Data from the Youth2000 series on suicidal behaviours and protective factors among adolescents will be presented. This data is based on two nationally representative samples of nearly 20,000 young people in New Zealand.
