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Understanding and enhancing responses to suicide crises involving current serving and ex-serving members of the ADF: A data linkage study

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Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research
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A new research paper by the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research. This was a large quantitative project, which looked at people who had a suicide related contact with emergency services over a three year period in Queensland. The report provides information on ADF members and veterans who were the subject of an emergency response. This includes demographic information and information on mental health, physical health, polypharmacy, and health service usage patterns 12 months before and after a suicide related contact.

The views expressed in this paper are not necessarily the views of the Commissioners.