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#chatsafe @chatsafe.bsky.social · 9d

Great to see Prof Jo Robinson on the panel at the UN General Assembly, discussing "Partnering for Impact: Suicide Prevention in the Americas".

Prof Robinson spoke to youth suicide globally, the impact of #chatsafe, and how social media needs to be tackled alongside other societal problems.

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Orygen @orygen.org.au · 29d

Orygen staff keeping the wheels turning as part of @iaspinfo.bsky.social's 'Cycle Around the Globe', spreading the most important message: suicide is preventable.

Read about our recent suicide prevention work here: bit.ly/4phu226

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#chatsafe @chatsafe.bsky.social · 16d

How could youth online safety policy learn from road safety? 🚗

Here Dr Louise La Sala and David Baker suggest how young people could be supported to keep themselves as safe online as they are behind the wheel.

Read the paper 👉 bit.ly/4mtBZyE

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#chatsafe @chatsafe.bsky.social · 21d

We're the first mental health program in the world helping young people talk safely online about self-harm and suicide.

And since we started our research in 2018, we published whole suite of resources helping young people and their supporters

More about our impact 👉 bit.ly/46ENuyo

#chatsafe @chatsafe.bsky.social · 28d

Great to see Dr Elise Carrotte & Charlie Cooper share findings with Northern Sydney LHD for #WorldSuicidePreventionDay 🙌

Elise spoke on stigma, suicide & lived experience, while Charlie explored supporting at-risk LGBTQIA+ youth via social media & mental health services.

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International Association for Suicide Prevention @iaspinfo.bsky.social · Sep 9

Hear directly from IASP President, Professor Jo Robinson, on why Changing the Narrative on Suicide matters and how we can all play a part on World Suicide Prevention Day. #WSPD2025

World Suicide Prevention Day 2025

YouTube video by IASP

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#chatsafe @chatsafe.bsky.social · Sep 9

To raise awareness of suicide prevention worldwide, our Suicide Prevention team ran an @iaspinfo.bsky.social Cycle Around the Globe event in the Orygen cafe 🚴🏻‍♂️ ☕️

Staff from 16 teams hopped on the bikes and pedalled for over 2 hours 🤩

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#chatsafe @chatsafe.bsky.social · Aug 11

In the youth online safety debate, the voices of young people and suicide prevention experts should be heard.

In this study, we collected insights on young people's experience of social media safety tools, and how they think platforms and policymakers could protect them better 👉 bit.ly/4osZrht

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#chatsafe @chatsafe.bsky.social · Aug 5

#chatsafe delivers research-backed advice to young people, parents, carers and educators with national social media campaigns.

And we've reached 15 million Australians so far 🙌

Read more about our impact 👉 bit.ly/3HjOqyp

#chatsafe @chatsafe.bsky.social · Jul 29

Our postvention program shares life-saving information with young people and their supporters on social media after a suicide death in their community.

The impact of this initiative was tested in a study with over 250 young people.

Read the paper 👉 bit.ly/4m7VDAg

#chatsafe @chatsafe.bsky.social · Jul 21

The #chatsafe program uses social media as a tool for suicide prevention. To measure the impact of educational campaigns for young people, we implemented a randomised control trial.

Read about our approach, and what we found: bit.ly/44ChXfL

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#chatsafe @chatsafe.bsky.social · Jul 17

Youth suicide is a global issue, which needs global solutions.

To expand the reach of the #chatsafe study, we engaged participants from 38 countries, and our resources have been downloaded around the world in over 30 languages.

Read the study 🌍 bit.ly/3GQb7Ki

#chatsafe @chatsafe.bsky.social · Jul 9

How can research into safe social media use reach young people?

By co-designing social media campaigns with young people every step of the way.

Read more about the #chatsafe approach 👀 bit.ly/40Besn5

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Orygen @orygen.org.au · Jun 26

RESEARCH | A new Orygen and @missionaust.bsky.social report is shifting the narrative around social media's impact on youth mental health.

As lead author Dr @louiselasala.bsky.social explains, its results indicate the relationship is far more nuanced than we might assume. More: bit.ly/3TcKYbj

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#chatsafe @chatsafe.bsky.social · Jul 2

"Moderation may be key"

A new study by #chatsafe researcher, Dr Louise La Sala, suggests that 1-3 hours daily social media use may be better for their wellbeing than none at all.

Great to see Dr La Sala's findings in this recent piece in @GuardianAus bit.ly/3GpGNWI @louiselasala.bsky.social

Excessive social media found to harm teenagers’ mental health – but experts say moderation may be key

Exclusive: Mission Australia survey finds moderate social media users were as likely to seek help from parents as low users

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#chatsafe @chatsafe.bsky.social · Jun 25

When a young person dies by suicide, the risk of further youth suicide in that community increases threefold.

Our postvention program shares life-saving information at this critical time, with evidence-backed social media campaigns.

Learn more: bit.ly/3ZP8Llf