Andrew Fuller and guest Clinical A/Prof David Horgan on helping young people deal with resistant depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts
- How to ask about stress, anxiety, depression and emotional pain
- How to ask about suicidal thinking in young people
- Mindset and thinking differences in developmental stages of life
- Online tools and resources
Listen now below:
Host: Andrew Fuller, Clinical Psychologist and Family Therapist, Speaker and Founder of My Learning Strengths
Guest: Clinical A/Prof David Horgan, Honorary Psychiatrist at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and Founder of Australian Suicide Prevention Foundation
Total time: 28 mins
Feature image by Wilfried Pohnke from Pixabay
Online resources & tools to help young people deal with resistant depression, stress and suicidal thoughts:
- Balance – Meditation & Sleep – IOS/Android Application
- This Way Up – by St Vincent’s Hospital
- Moodgym – by Australian National University
- In tough times text – Tool for text messaging a suicidal person
Support Available:
- Lifeline: 13 11 14
- Standby Support: 1300 727 247
- Headspace: 1800 650 890
Free session: How Family and Friends Can Help a Suicidal Person
This presentation introduce a new suicide prevention resource and explains how it was developed and how it can be used to support people who are at risk of suicide, including what to ask and what to say. Includes 20 minutes of eLearning, certificate of completion and is available for a limited time only.