The Men’s Mental Health Forum: Preventing Suicide was held on 5 August 2024 at NSW Parliament House. It was attended by 84 participants across 61 mental health and suicide prevention organizations. Participants included people working to support men, researchers, people with lived and living experience of suicide, and suicide prevention and mental health advocates.

The forum aimed to:

- facilitate robust discussion on men’s suicide and prevention efforts

- enable the sharing of knowledge, ideas, and strategies to address men’s suicide

- help guide the direction of future suicide prevention initiatives targeting men; and

- encourage networking and collaboration between men’s suicide prevention stakeholders.

This report titled Men’s Mental Health: A Focus on Suicide Prevention presents the findings and recommended actions identified at the Forum to guide future efforts in reducing suicide among men in NSW. The recommendations are informed by the contributions of Forum participants, online submissions and supported by existing evidence and research. ?

File Link: Men’s Mental Health: A Focus on Suici?de Prevention

File Size: 1913 kb

Type: Report

Date of Publication: 15 November 2024

Author: Mental Health

ISBN: 978-1-76023-982-4

SHPN: SHPN (MH) 240886

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