When serving in the ADF, Australian males are much less likely to die by suicide than the average male, regardless of warlike service. However, the research presents an appalling statistic once that male has left the Australian Defence Forces. The question is: Why is there an increase in suicides and then what can we do that works to help?
Action = actual tools that can be applied in the real world. Hope = evidence that has worked in similar occupations. Transformation = all fighting to win this new battle. We all benefit when a mate makes it through a difficult time.
The original webinar took place on Wednesday, 2 PM AEST, 21 August 2019
More about Kieran Toohey
Kieran Toohey, served fourteen years with the Royal Australian Engineers. Five operations, three in Afghanistan. One of five brothers, sons of an Army father and WWI grandfather who collectively gave seventy years of service.
Kieran is now a Case Manager/Field Officer. He has a BSC (Psyc) ASIST t4t, SafeTALK.