Displaying items by tag: Suicide

Thursday 12 September 2024 is R U OK day, and this year cybersecurity and cloud services provider Tesserent reminds us all to check in on our security teams after another year with relentless cybercriminals.

Lawyers pushing to overturn a British verdict to deny the extradition of WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange to the US have avoided any mention of a report that the CIA planned to kill him in 2017, during the two-day appeal that ended on Thursday.

Veteran support organisation Soldier On has welcomed the formal establishment of a Royal Commission into defence and veteran suicide and acknowledged the “firm action” taken by the Australian Government in addressing the issue. 

The non-profit mental health research facility, Black Dog Institute, is applying data analytics to identify strategies that will reduce suicide within the community under its LifeSpan program of work.

Depression, bipolar disorder, and just feeling worthless, all lead to unacceptable rates of suicide and self-harm. Big data and analytics, courtesy of SAS, are helping the Black Dog Institute to understand these conditions better.

Three workers at Foxconn factories in China have fallen to their deaths in recent weeks and police are investigating, according to reports.

If you or someone you know has been poisoned in an accidental mishap, or are suicidal and looking for information online to call Lifeline, Google has launched special new search results to genuinely help when help is needed most.