Victorian Child And Adolescent Suicide

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Adolescents tend to take extreme steps such as severely hurting themselves or even suicide when they are emotionally unwell. The ratio of suicide occurrence on the basis of gender as has been provided by Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), 2012, as follows,

Various Government organizations as well as other research bodies are actively involved in the well-being of the Australian adolescents, such as, The Victorian Child and Adolescent Monitoring System (VCAMS), The Australian Child and Adolescent Loss, Trauma and Grief Network, The Australian Infant, Child, Adolescent & Family Mental Health Association

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