Researchers: Prof Diego De Leo, Dr Kathy McKay Eeva-Katri Kumpula (Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffith University

Funding: Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing

Project summary: The Pathways to Care Project is conducted by the Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention on behalf of the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA) for the Australian Suicide Prevention Advisory Council (ASPAC). The project seeks to examine the mechanisms in place across Australia to respond to and provide care to people at imminent risk of suicide. The type of support a person at imminent risk of suicide receives can depend on how they come into contact with the support system but may also reflect differences in state- and territory-level legislation and the availability of resources in local areas. Consequently, ASPAC and DoHA are seeking to gain a better understanding of the ways in which people at imminent risk of suicide access these support systems.

Progress: Completed in 2013