{"id":4527,"date":"2016-08-06T08:30:42","date_gmt":"2016-08-06T15:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/?p=4527"},"modified":"2016-08-05T12:33:57","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T19:33:57","slug":"link-best-way-tackle-suicide-rates-honest-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2016\/08\/06\/link-best-way-tackle-suicide-rates-honest-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Link &#8211; Best way to tackle suicide rates is to be honest about our own mental health"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:2403,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.abc.net.au\\\/news\\\/2016-07-28\\\/being-honest-about-mental-health-to-tackle-suicide-rates\\\/7668796&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20220703215950\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.abc.net.au\\\/news\\\/2016-07-28\\\/being-honest-about-mental-health-to-tackle-suicide-rates\\\/7668796&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-02 11:39:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-17 01:12:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-02 12:05:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-02 12:05:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Suicide is the leading cause of death for 15 to 44-year-old Australians, but it is not something we talk about very often.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Deputy CEO at Suicide Prevention Australia, Kim Borrowdale, that lack of talking is one of our main problems.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need to talk about it more not less. 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