1. Community Survey
Preliminary Results

2. About the survey Who is the survey for? How is it completed?
18yrs+
Residing in Illawarra Shoalhaven
How is it completed?
Disseminated via Facebook
2nd June 2017 to 31st July 2017
What does it measure?
Suicidal Ideation
Psychological distress
Knowledge of suicide
Attitudes towards suicide
Help-seeking behaviours

3. Who has completed the survey so far?
270 responses
18 – 76 years old (mean = 42.8)
79% Female

4. Who has completed the survey so far?
Caucasian

5. High levels of education
Who has completed the survey so far?
High levels of education

6. Who has completed the survey so far?
70 % employed
43% f/t – 27% p/t

7. What are the results so far?
Stigma, distress & suicidal ideation
Relatively low stigma towards suicide
Agreed isolation and depression is associated with suicide
Low levels of distress and low risk of suicide

8. What are the results so far?
Statement
% correct responses
People who have thoughts about suicide should not tell others about it
92.9
Most people who suicide are psychotic
85.1
Talking about suicide always increases the risk of suicide
84.6
Seeing a psychiatrist or psychologist can help prevent someone from suicide
84.2
A suicidal person will always be suicidal and entertain thoughts of suicide
79.9
Very few people have thoughts about suicide
76.0
Not all people who attempt suicide plan their attempt in advance
75.7
If assessed by a psychiatrist, everyone who kills themselves would be diagnosed as depressed
68.0
Men are more likely to die by suicide than women
People who talk about suicide rarely kill themselves
63.5
People who want to attempt suicide can change their mind quickly
44.9
There is a strong relationship between alcoholism and suicide
33.7

9. Can we increase participation?
Ethics only approved for promotion via Facebook
Which groups can we target via Facebook?
Where can we share the link?