Chatting with Sue Murray OAM about Suicide Prevention in the health care system and the National Suicide Prevention Conference.

Content Warning: This episode discusses the topic of suicide, and suicide prevention, listener discrection is advised. This week I chat with Sue Murray OAM - Practice Leader of the Zero Suicide Institute of Australasia and former CEO of Suicide Prevention Australia and the National Breast Cancer Foundation. We discuss the Zero Suicide Healthcare framework, workforce training gaps in mental health and suicide prevention, the importance of lived experience in suicide prevention, the role of peer workers in hospital emergency departments, and Australia's National Suicide Prevention Strategy 2025-2035.Sue also shares her experience of the National Suicide Prevention Conference held in Sydney recently, and how the conference has changed over the years. Topics discussed: • Serendipity, leadership, and scaling community health organisations • Moving from The National Breast Cancer Foundation into Suicide Prevention• What the OAM means to Sue and why she frames it as a collective effort • Stigma as a barrier to help seeking and what actually reduces it • Lived experience leadership, and why systems can be slow to change • The elements of the Zero Suicide Framework • Workforce shortages, training gaps for clinicians• Highlights from the Suicide Prevention Australia National Conference• AI chatbots in mental health and the risks that demand caution • The National Suicide Prevention Strategy 2025–2035, social prescribing, and keeping well people well • Peer workers as a potential game changer across hospitals emergency departments For more infomation about the Zero Suicide Institute of Australasia:https://www.zerosuicide.com.auTo follow Sue Murray's work:https://www.linkedin.com/in/sue-murray-oam-0479a74/If you like the episode, hit the follow button, leave a comment or share it with some friends and family whoever you think might benefit from this material. Thanks for listening.Website: www.thelaughterclinic.com.auYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@thelaughterclinicAus"If you or someone you know needs support, please contact one of these Australian mental health services. In an emergency, always call 000."Lifeline AustraliaPhone: 13 11 14 (24/7)Web: lifeline.org.auSuicide Call Back ServicePhone: 1300 659 467 (24/7)Web: suicidecallbackservice.org.auBeyond BluePhone: 1300 22 4636 (24/7)Web: beyondblue.org.auKids Helpline (for people aged 5-25)Phone: 1800 55 1800 (24/7)Web: kidshelpline.com.auMensLine AustraliaPhone: 1300 78 99 78 (24/7)Web: mensline.org.auSANE Australia (complex mental health issues)Phone: 1800 18 7263Web: sane.orgQLife (LGBTIQ+ support)Phone: 1800 184 527 Web: qlife.org.auOpen Arms (Veterans & Families Counselling)Phone: 1800 011 046 (24/7)Web: openarms.gov.au1800RESPECT (sexual assault, domestic violence)Phone: 1800 737 732 (24/7)Web: 1800respect.org.auHeadspace (youth mental health, ages 12-25)Phone: 1800 650 890 Web: headspace.org.au13YARN (Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander crisis support)Phone: 13 92 76 (13YARN) (24/7)Web: 13yarn.org.auMusic by Hayden Smithhttps://www.haydensmith.com