When systems fail children: what coroners’ reports reveal about preventable factors in adolescent suicide

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Coroners have been raising concerns about child suicides for years. The first analysis to synthesise these reports reveals how governance failures, communication breakdowns, and a lack of autism-specific support have repeatedly contributed to preventable deaths.

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Do prescribed opioids increase self-harm and suicide?

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Study of 3 million Australian adults prescribed opioids, 84% of self-harm events and 81% of suicides didn’t involve opioids. Challenges belief that prescribing increases self-harm risk.

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