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Disability, thoughts of suicide and Australian men

It’s a difficult subject, but men in Australia are much more at risk of having suicidal thoughts than women; now, new research looks at what this means for Australian men with a disability

The University of Melbourne team sought to fill the gap in research on disability and suicide. And based on their findings, men who reported a disability were more likely to think about suicide than other men.

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Topics:
Health

Author:
Associate Professor Allison Milner, Anne-Marie Bollier, Professor Eric Emerson and Professor Anne Kavanagh

Source:
The University of Melbourne

Date published:
Wed 19th Dec, 2018