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Most young suicides were mentally ill, but not connected to services – The New Daily
Coronial records show most young Australians who suicide suffer a mental illness – but more than two thirds aren’t getting help at the time of their deaths.
Coronial records have found that most young Australians aged 10 to 24 who die by suicide are either diagnosed with or suffer a likely mental health disorder but more than two-thirds are not in contact with mental health services at the time of their deaths.
This is the picture drawn from an analysis of national coronial records by research and advocacy group Orygen.
The analysis reveals a disturbing trend from the years 2006 to 2015 that is likely to have since been exacerbated by COVID-19 social…
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