Can We Talk: Parents urged by experts to speak openly with children about mental health [dailytelegraph.com.au]

Carey Sipp 9/4/2012:00 PM

By Carla Hildebrandt, The Daily Telegraph, August 30, 2020

“Parents should not be afraid to use the word ‘suicide’ or use terms like ‘thoughts of death’ or ‘being better off dead’ when talking to their child who they suspect is struggling with their mental health,” Black Dog Institute clinical psychologist Aliza Werner-Seidler said.

Ms Werner-Seidler said there was no evidence to suggest such a conversation would put the idea in their children’s heads.

“Research has shown that acknowledging and talking about suicide may in fact reduce, rather than increase, suicide risk,” Ms Werner-Seidler said.

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