Definitions

• Suicide is a conscious act to end one's life. By conscious act, it is meant that the act undertaken was done in order to end the person's life.
• Suicidal behaviour includes the spectrum of activities related to suicide and self-harm including suicidal thinking, self-harming behaviours not aimed at causing death and suicide attempts. Some writers also include deliberate recklessness and risk-taking behaviours as suicidal behaviours.
• Suicidal ideation - Thinking about suicide 

Contacts and Other Resources

Mental Health First Aid
www.mhfa.com.au
First Aid Guidelines for Suicidal thoughts and behaviours
First Aid Guidelines for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
First Aid Article www.mhfa.com.au/documents/suicidal_ideation_behaviour_article.pdf