The Alliance for Suicide Prevention in Birtinya | Community organisation

The Alliance for Suicide Prevention

Locality: Birtinya

Phone: +61 7 5456 5391

Address: 12 Innovation Parkway 4575 Birtinya, QLD, Australia

Website: http://thealliance.org.au/

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24.01.2022 Some great tips for looking after yourself and others over the festive season, from our mental health nurse, Monique.

24.01.2022 We had a great yarn yesterday with the mob in Gympie about culturally adapting LivingWorks Australia #safeTALK training, for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Thanks for the powerful conversations and supporting us to ensure #safeYARN will help keep mob safe and well. We love getting input from community and Elders.

24.01.2022 Learn to apply a suicide intervention model in LivingWorks Australia ASIST two-day training. We subsidise the cost for Sunshine Coast residents as a part of our efforts to create a suicide safer community. More https://bit.ly/32cI8ZF

23.01.2022 See you at tomorrow's Qld Mental Health Week event at C-Square, Nambour! 10am-1pm. Organised by STEPS and Community Mental Health Nambour. #QMHW

22.01.2022 Ready to say hi for #QMHW

22.01.2022 Recent life changes left you feeling not quite yourself? Our expert practitioners can help you regain your wellbeing early. Take time for self-care this Qld Mental Health Week #QMHW

21.01.2022 Get researcher insights into COVID-19 and mental health at a free online seminar. Our Professor Youth Mental Health and Neurobiology, Daniel Hermens, can't wait to chat to you! Tomorrow 6pm www.usc.edu.au/research-unmasked #QMHW

21.01.2022 Have you experienced mental illness? Or are you interested in how people develop a mental illness? Help us evaluate a new way of thinking about a mental illness. Participation should take about 20 minutes and involves completing some questionnaires, watching a brief YouTube video about a new way of thinking about how mental illness develops, and answering a few questions about your thoughts about the video. Learn more https://bit.ly/3hFfYeL

19.01.2022 Congrats to our newest #safeTALK graduates! Our next suicide-alertness, half-day workshop is 3 December. Register https://bit.ly/2UGca44

17.01.2022 Just five places remain in this month's #safeTALK suicide alertness workshop. Join the growing safety net of suicide helpers in the Sunshine Coast community.

17.01.2022 It's so great to have these lovely ladies back, for our first safeTALK since March . LivingWorks Australia #safeTALK

17.01.2022 Today marks the start of Qld Mental Health Week! This week we'll share five ways you can celebrate through #AllianceSunshineCoast. Sneak peak: Self-care is number one #QMHW

17.01.2022 Have you trained with us in suicide alertness and would like the opportunity help others as a suicide first aider? Graduates of LivingWorks Australia Start, safeTALK and ASIST can become Crisis Heroes in a pilot project offering online support to Victorians.

15.01.2022 Alliance partner Sunshine Coast Council attended their first safeTALK workshop yesterday. We hope it will be the first of many. It was clear that Council staff share our passion for improving community wellbeing across the Sunshine Coast.

14.01.2022 Congrats to our Indigenous Engagement Officer Tegan Schefe who delivered her first IASIST workshop this week. Tegan is gaining LivingWorks Australia ASIST qualifications so she can deliver culturally-specific suicide intervention workshops here on the Sunshine Coast. She was supported by the amazing Susan Griffith who many of you will know from our safeTALK and ASIST workshops. Tegan is already a registered safeTALK trainer and is making great progress in completing this next level of her training qualifications.

14.01.2022 BIG NEWS! As part of a potentially life-saving new study, researchers at our Thompson Institute have had excellent results in reducing suicide ideation in patients. The researchers found that administering oral doses of ketamine in a clinical setting could provide rapid-acting treatment for chronic suicidality. Principal investigator psychiatrist Dr Adem Can said the findings were significant. On average, patients experienced a significant reduction in suicide ideation, from a high level before the trial to below the clinical threshold by week six of the trial, Dr Can said. Follow the link to read more.

13.01.2022 Thank you Sunshine Coast Grammar School for the opportunity to share suicide prevention insights with your staff. We love your commitment to supporting each other, students and families. Professor Helen Stallman presented on Care Collaborate Connect, a strengths and person-focussed approach to supporting people who are experiencing distress, and the latest research to support it.

13.01.2022 Learn suicide alertness skills in just one hour online - free. This World Suicide Prevention Day our mission is to train 100 Sunshine Coasters to be suicide alert. Join us!

11.01.2022 We're calling for First Nations Australian artists to contribute to a digital art commission for the Sunshine Coast’s First Nations Suicide Prevention Strategy. Through this digital artwork we aim to show that we are a connected community with the goal to improve social and emotional wellbeing and reduce suicidal behaviours within the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community. For more info please email [email protected]

11.01.2022 Don't miss our last #safeTALK suicide alertness workshop for 2020. Free for Sunshine Coast residents. Birtinya, 3 Dec. Learn the signs that someone might be at risk https://bit.ly/3fpK8TZ

09.01.2022 Mental wellness puts you in a strong position to participate in life’s pleasures and face life’s challenges. If it has dipped for you recently, our new EMERALD program can help you regain your mental wellbeing early, and teach you strategies to nurture it for life. Find out if EMERALD is right for you usc.edu.au/emerald

09.01.2022 Learn valuable suicide intervention skills through ASIST 2-day training. 19-20 Nov, Birtinya. Subsidised price of $120 for Sunshine Coast residents https://bit.ly/3nprU7G

08.01.2022 We were privileged to attend this morning's flag-raising ceremony celebrating #NAIDOC2020 and its theme Always Was, Always Will Be Check out Sunshine Coast Council's live stream recording of the ceremony https://bit.ly/3khgGjN

07.01.2022 Did you know research shows you can feel better by thinking of one thing you are grateful for and holding that thought for 15 seconds? The thought can be something small, for example noticing beautiful scenery.

07.01.2022 Thanks to everyone who came to today's safeTALK and learned valuable suicide-alertness skills in time for World Suicide Prevention Day tomorrow. We're also offering free online training for World Suicide Prevention Day, with a mission to train 100 people this week for #WSPD2020 Register https://bit.ly/2GAJrcS

04.01.2022 Thank you Zak’s Comunite’z for helping us spread the word about the EMERALD wellbeing program and its free support for Qlders Learn more about EMERALD at ww.usc.edu.au/emerald

02.01.2022 Parents, carers and guardians - don't forget to pop this in your calendars. It will be our first suicide alertness workshop focusing on talking to young people about this sensitive topic.

02.01.2022 We were honoured to attend today's 13th Annual Apology to the Stolen Generations hosted by Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service. This day is an important part of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's healing and overcoming intergenerational trauma.

02.01.2022 Congrats to last week's #ASIST suicide intervention training graduates. Thanks everyone for your engaged discussions and participation. Our next LivingWorks Australia workshop is #safeTALK on 3 Dec https://bit.ly/3fpK8TZ

01.01.2022 Happy #NAIDOCWeek2020! Let's all celebrate First Nations people's history, culture and continuing contributions. Get involved at NAMBA NAIDOC at the Nambour Showgrounds or through Sunshine Coast NAIDOC's online event https://bit.ly/3n5Vxuv This year's theme, 'Always Was, Always Will Be', recognises that First Nations people have cared for this continent for more than 65,000 years - a rich and valuable history and knowledge that's worth celebrating!