Suicide prevention amongst refugees

Nuha Abdul Razaq delivers suicide prevention training in Arabic with the Wesley LifeForce-STARTTS program (supplied).

Research shows refugees and asylum seekers in Australia experience disproportionately high rates of suicide, PTSD and psychological distress.

Mental health challenges are often further exacerbated by a lack of access to culturally appropriate care and information.

Wesley LifeForce is one organisation working to fill this gap, by offering suicide prevention training for refugees in six languages.

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