Preventing suicide in CALD communities
How communities can help
As health professionals, you can help your community prevent suicide by:
- completing suicide prevention training
- distributing suicide prevention resources
- referring and supporting community members to get help
- participating in community events to reduce stigma and raise awareness about suicide prevention.
Courses and training
- Mental health first aid: conversations about suicide
- Suicide prevention training for human service workers (iLearn)
- Communicating about suicide in the media (iLearn)
If you are a Queensland Health employee, you can register and log into iLearn using your standard login credentials. If you are not a Queensland Health employee, you can get help with registering an external iLearn account (PDF 693 kB).
Ways to connect
Resources and service referrals
- Life in Mind – connecting with suicide prevention services
- EveryMind - suicide prevention programs and resources
- Mental health first aid – guidelines about suicidal thoughts and behaviours (PDF, 213kB)
- Suicide first aid guidelines for people from immigrant and refugee backgrounds (PDF, 1.3MB)
- Queensland program of assistance to survivors of torture and trauma (PDF, 1.9MB)
- Translated resources from Queensland Transcultural Mental Health Centre
Supporting someone with suicidal thoughts
For urgent situations
Where there is immediate danger or risk of suicide:
- in an emergency call Triple Zero (000)
- contact your doctor or a mental health crisis service
- go to a hospital emergency department.
For non-urgent phone support (24 hours/7 days a week)
Where there is not immediate danger or risk of suicide:
- 1300 MH Call - 1300 642 255 (mental health services)
- Suicide Call Back Service - 1300 659 467
- Lifeline - 13 11 14
- BeyondBlue - 1300 224 636
For non-urgent and specialised multicultural services
- Contact us
- Queensland Program of Assistance to Survivors of Torture and Trauma (QPASTT)
- World Wellness Group
- LGBTIQ+ Health Australia
Interpreting services
- Interpreter services in Queensland Health
- Interpreter services for eligible groups through the Department of Home Affairs
- TIS National
Lived experience
Sharing stories from people who have lived experience of suicide can make a significant positive impact in reducing stigma and empowering people to seek support. These stories can make people feel less alone, less judged by their communities and more able to deal with the strong feelings they are dealing with.
We appreciate and acknowledge all people with lived experience of suicide, especially those who partnered with us to create these videos.
Tips for providing support (for staff)
Developing consumer partnerships
Videos for consumers
You can also watch videos sharing lived experience suited for consumers about:
- Impact of stigma
- Culture and suicidal thoughts or behaviours
- Preventing suicide with shared experience
Supporting people with lived experience
These organisations can provide support when working with people with lived experience: