A Support Group Intervention for Children Bereaved by Parental Suicide by Ann M. Mitchell et al

From by Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement: Bereavement is considered by many to be among the most stressful of life events, and it becomes particularly distressing when it concerns the suicide death of a parent. Such an event is especially traumatic for children.

PURPOSE AND SOURCES: The purpose of this paper is to present a case for support group interventions designed specifically for child survivors of parental suicide. The authors provide a theoretical framework for supportive group interventions with these children and describe the structure of an 8-week bereavement support group for this special population of suicide survivors.

CONCLUSIONS: A case is made for designing and implementing group interventions to meet the mental health needs of this important group of individuals.

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Best Practice in Early Childhood Intervention – course dates

The Best Practice in Early Childhood Intervention is a course that has been designed in Australia specifically for professionals who are working in Early Childhood Intervention. It offers workers a unique opportunity to look at the current research in a group learning environment, and to reflect on the role of the Early Childhood Intervention professional in 2014.

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Life Expectancy Increases

Life expectancy at birth for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in 2010-2012 was 69.1 years for men and 73.7 years for women.

Life expectancy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men increased by around one and a half years over the last five years, compared to about one year for non-Indigenous men.

Life expectancy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women increased by about half a year over the period, roughly the same increase as non-Indigenous women.

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Impact of a population-based HPV vaccination program on cervical abnormalities

Evidence that the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program is preventing cervical pre-cancer lesions in young women has been published for the first time as part of a collaborative study between the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) and the Victorian Cytology Service (VCS).

The findings, published in the medical journal BMC Medicine, are the first in the world to show that a population-based HPV vaccination program has resulted in a fall in cervical abnormalities within five years of implementation.

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