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No Help for Mental Health in Zero

June 28, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

No Help for Mental Health in Zero I came into work in the safety industry after many years in various professions including Community Services, not-for-profit services, Social Work, Education, Youth Services, Youth Detention, Pastoral Counselling, EAP and Corrections. In all of these professional … [Read more...] about No Help for Mental Health in Zero

Filed Under: Mental health, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: mental health, RU OK, suicide prevention

Models of Sensemaking and Suicide (and their challenges)

June 24, 2023 by Rob Sams 4 Comments

Note: the following paper explores concepts and ideas associated with Suicide. If this topic triggers distress, it may not be for you. If this paper does cause concern, within Australia you can contact Lifeline on 131114, or for outside of Australia, a list of support hotlines is listed HERE. The … [Read more...] about Models of Sensemaking and Suicide (and their challenges)

Filed Under: Mental health, Rob Sams Tagged With: suicide prevention

Suicide Prevention – a Social Psychological Perspective

October 30, 2022 by Rob Sams 8 Comments

Suicide Prevention - a Social Psychological Perspective Prelude: In June 2013, I joined the first cohort of students in post-graduate studies in the Social Psychology of Risk (SPoR), a program developed and presented by Dr Robert Long and Craig Ashhurst. After 5 years participating in a ‘learning … [Read more...] about Suicide Prevention – a Social Psychological Perspective

Filed Under: Mental health, Rob Sams, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: social psychology, suicide prevention

Why People Don’t Speak Up and Suicide

December 11, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

Why People Don’t Speak Up and Suicide I always find it amusing these campaigns that pop up to deal with a wicked problem in this case the wicked problem of suicide. Wicked problems are intractable unsolvable problems. Wicked problems go way beyond any possibility of fixing or managing. … [Read more...] about Why People Don’t Speak Up and Suicide

Filed Under: Mental health, Robert Long Tagged With: suicide prevention

Our Social Being – and why it matters in Mental Health and Suicide

December 8, 2019 by Rob Sams 8 Comments

  We hear of humans variously described as; “social beings”, “social creatures” or even as “social animals”. But what do we really mean when we talk in this way? What is the importance of being connected socially with others? What happens when we aren’t connected in this way? And, in … [Read more...] about Our Social Being – and why it matters in Mental Health and Suicide

Filed Under: Mental health, Rob Sams Tagged With: suicide prevention

Zero Suicide and the Discourse of Denial

February 12, 2019 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Zero Suicide and the Discourse of Denial One of the most unhelpful and ignorant approaches to suicide prevention is evidenced in the Zero Suicide movement (https://zerosuicide.sprc.org/ ). We see in this insane delusion with the zero discourse the: denial of death, denial of fallibility, denial … [Read more...] about Zero Suicide and the Discourse of Denial

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: suicide, suicide prevention, zero suicide

Walk With Us – In Community

August 31, 2018 by Rob Sams Leave a Comment

Walk With Us – In Community I recently sat with a friend who was in pain. Not of the physical type that I could see, but instead their pain was on the inside. They were hurting in a way that I couldn’t understand. Naturally, I wanted their pain to go away, as like most people, we don’t like to … [Read more...] about Walk With Us – In Community

Filed Under: Mental health, Rob Sams Tagged With: lifeline, suicide prevention

Support and Empowerment… in Helping Others

June 14, 2018 by Rob Sams 1 Comment

Support and Empowerment… in Helping Others How may our worldview influence our method when it comes to training and also helping others? If we do not acknowledge our own worldview, what impact may this have in how we support others? Also, how can we even begin to ponder what our worldview is, and … [Read more...] about Support and Empowerment… in Helping Others

Filed Under: Mental health, Rob Sams Tagged With: safeTALK, suicide, suicide prevention

Lifeline Brass Blokes Award

May 15, 2014 by Rob Sams Leave a Comment

Lifeline Brass Blokes Award By Rob Sams I am proud to be a volunteer supporting Lifeline's work in Newcastle, the Hunter and Central Coast. It is a great organisation that provides services to people at such an important time in their life. Our telephone counselling service is run mostly by … [Read more...] about Lifeline Brass Blokes Award

Filed Under: Health, Rob Sams Tagged With: counselling, depression, liefline, suicide prevention

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