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Suicide threats are a weapon of family violence. How can police balance mental health needs with protecting victims?

It’s relatively common for perpetrators of family violence to threaten suicide to control a victim-survivor’s actions. A study by the Australian Institute of Criminology suggests 39% of women who experience coercive control are subject to perpetrators’ threats of self-harm.

The Conversation

Attempted suicides in WA prisons missed: Inspector

West Australian authorities misclassified almost 20 attempted suicide incidents in adult prisons and youth detention centres, a report says.

AAP

Custodial staff cleared of misconduct over teen's death

A corruption watchdog has found no evidence to support claims of serious misconduct before a teenager fatally self-harmed in the youth wing of an adult prison.

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Life inside Essex’s ‘prison-like’ asylum seeker site Wethersfield

Exclusive: Residents at the Wethersfield asylum site in Essex speak to Holly Bancroft about the mental health crisis unfolding inside

The Independent UK

‘These are chilling McCarthyist times’: Nan Goldin on her shame over Gaza – and the film that made people faint

Her film Sisters, Saints, Sibyls made people flee and pass out when it was first shown. As it’s screened in Britain, the uncompromising artist talks about self-harm, censorship and the tragic life of her sister Barbara

The Guardian - UK

‘It was my gateway drug to self-harm’: a writer’s journey to finding the joy in makeup

As a girl, the author Emma Forrest defaced herself with lipstick to convey the emotional maelstrom she felt inside. Now in her 40s, she has finally mastered how to use makeup as an agent of happiness

The Guardian - UK

Monash Health fined $160k over patient's death

Monash Health has been fined $160,000 in the Victorian County Court after it failed to ensure one of its mental health inpatients was not at risk of self-harm.

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Why Penske push-to-pass scandal presses all the wrong buttons for IndyCar

On track, the IndyCar Series offers the most competitive open-wheel racing on the planet, including one of its greatest races in the Indy 500. Off track, it’s an absolute basket case and its appetite for self-harm has reached a new level.

Motorsport

Social media benefits teen mental health

Being online helps teens avoid suicide, self-harm and other risks. Why do media and lawmakers blame it instead?

Salon

Coroner puts justice department on notice over inquest

The coroner overseeing an inquest for an Indigenous teen who died in detention wants answers from the justice department.

AAP

Trans boy, 17, who killed himself on mental health ward felt ‘worthless’

Inquest hears Charlie Millers struggled with self-worth for years before self-harming in understaffed Prestwich hospital ward

The Guardian - UK

Inquest reveals detained teen's harm threats ignored

An Indigenous teen, who died after self-harming in an adult prison's youth wing, made eight threats to do so in the hours before he was found in his cell.

AAP

UFC’s Mike Davis explains how ‘Halo’ video game helped overcome childhood bullying: ‘That saved my life’

Bullied as a child with no friends, UFC's Mike Davis explains how the "Halo" video game helped him overcome bullying and self-harm.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Leading adviser quits over Instagram’s failure to remove self-harm content

Exclusive: Psychologist accuses Meta of ‘turning a blind eye’ to posts she believes represent further danger to vulnerable women

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Untangling the effects of childhood trauma is essential to finding the correct diagnosis

The symptoms of borderline personality disorder and complex PTSD can often overlap

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Girl at YOI Wetherby was twice stripped by male officers, watchdog says

Inspector says he was ‘deeply shocked’ by incidents with no female officer present at young offender institution

AAP

Poorer mental health weighs on LGBTQI people: analysis

Mental health across the queer and gender-diverse spectrum is on a tightrope in Australia, with high rates of suicidal ideation and self-harm.

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Twitch suspends Aussie prankster for 'self-harm' after he pretends to stick forks in toasters with silly FX and a Rickroll

The travails of Boggles highlight a wider moderation issue.

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Prisoners routinely strip-searched at NSW prison deemed ‘unsafe’ for inmates and staff in scathing report

Exclusive: Inspector finds ‘obvious hanging points’ and poor visibility from staff areas in Silverwater, which had more than 200 incidents of self-harm in a year

The Guardian - UK

Penury and decay mark Brexit’s miserable anniversary

Four years after leaving, and with more self-harm in prospect, austerity is eating away at Britain. Where is the indignation?

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Sen. Coons grills tech CEOs on transparency, receives no support

Democratic Senator Chris Coons questioned tech CEOs about their content policies regarding self-harm and suicide. He asked if they disclose the total amoun...

The Canberra Times

Research shows the most common injuries in ACT children admitted to hospital

A look at what could be causing an increase in rates of hospitalisation.

The Guardian - UK

Meta has not done enough to safeguard children, whistleblower says

Exclusive: former senior engineer says social media company has had the tools to do more since Molly Russell’s death

Evening Standard

Persistent early childhood tantrums linked to future risk of depression and self-harm

Children with irritability between the age of three and seven are more likely to be depressed, a UCL study finds

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer pledges to focus on self harm in drive to bring down suicide rates

The Labour leader said ‘too many families are being ripped apart’ by suicides, rates of which have been increasing since the Conservatives came to power in 2010

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