Listen on听听触听听触听听触听
In this episode
0.56听For my research, I looked at psychological risk and protective factors of suicidality, which is both suicidal ideation and behaviours.
1.40听about 75% of suicide in New Zealand is men, and the highest group is this really vulnerable stage between 18-30 years old.听 That's where we wanted to start first of all.
2.31听A really sad statistic that came out of our study was around 10% of the men identified as having attempted to take their life at some point or had serious suicidal behaviour.
3.10听The reason why we wanted to focus on rural men as well as their own type of group is because there are high rates of suicide in rural areas,听and there's lots of things that contribute to that. For example you know social isolation,听lack of supports in rural areas, poor mental health services
3.45听I saw first-hand the impact of losing some people that I know to suicide, in rural areas, and seeing the wave effect it has on that society.
4.55听we focused on hopelessness, which is a really strong predictor of both suicidal ideation and behaviour鈥 we also wanted to look at things like resilience and grit, which are these quite new and emerging protective factors of suicide.
6.42听everyone has bumps in their road and high grit means that you are able to persevere through those things and come out the other side.
7.15听everyone has a strength in them, even if they don't feel like they do at the time.
8.07听I think that we need to keep growing and starting to move towards this protective approach against suicide, because the way we've been approaching it hasn't been working and our stats are continuing to rise and so I think it needs a huge uphaul from the way we tackle it.
9.03听Social connectiveness, you know, is such an important factor in being mentally well, and so we need to really think about what types of groups and community supports we have out there.
Taylor-Jane Cox
Taylor-Jane Cox is a Master鈥檚 student studying clinical psychology at the University of mini传媒. Her research focuses on the risk factors that contribute to, and protective factors that buffer against, hopelessness and suicidal ideation in young men, especially rural men.
鈥淚 think that we need to keep growing and starting to move towards this protective approach against suicide, because the way we've been approaching it hasn't been working and our stats are continuing to rise and so I think it needs a huge uphaul from the way we tackle it.鈥
Molly Magid
Molly Magid听is an MSc student at UC. A recent graduate of Brown University, Molly is working on research in conservation genomics with Associate Professor Tammy Steeves from the School of Biological Sciences. Molly is passionate about finding ways to communicate science to the public in a clear, novel, and engaging ways. Most recently, Molly worked as the lead student producer on the podcast听,听which answers listener's questions about sustainability using relevant science research.
Where to get help
听Phone or text 1737听- for support from a trained counsellor.
:听0508 828 865听- for support if you鈥檙e in distress or someone may be at risk of suicide or for those who are grieving a loss.
:听0800 787 254听鈥 for support for people living in rural communities.
:听0800 543 354听or听free text 4357 (HELP)听- for counselling and support.
:听0800 726 666听- for confidential support for anyone who is lonely or in emotional distress.
听0800 111 757听or听free text 5626听鈥 for counselling and support for young adults.
:听0800 899 276 (0800-89-WARM) 鈥撎齠or peer support for mental health issues.
听0800 327 669听鈥 for counselling and support for staff.
:听0800 376 633听or听free text 234, email听talk@youthline.co.nz听鈥 for support for young people, children and their families.
:听0800 942 878听鈥 for support for 5-18 year olds.
:听0800 543 754 鈥撎齠or support for children up to 18.
听0800 111 757听or听free text 4202听鈥 for support with depression.
:听0800 269 4389听鈥 for support with anxiety.
