Kate Chitty (she/her)

Mental health researcher focussed on suicide and self-harm prevention. Views are my own. @Sydney_Uni

[eClinicalMedicine – The Lancet Discovery Science @eClinicalMed]

Healthcare trajectories in the year before suicide and opportunities for prevention

Useful access points for intervention could be delivered through schools and work, with a focus on alcohol and drug intervention with suicide awareness

https://t.co/xzlU5Ef6gV

[MJA @theMJA]

New approaches are needed which place Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities at the heart of discussions and decision making about their futures, according to the editorial published this week in the MJA.

https://t.co/4wuYm88a7y

[JAMA Psychiatry @JAMAPsych]

A study of 13,664 suicide deaths in Australia compared substances detected in poisoning vs non-poisoning-related suicides and revealed targets for means restriction and cautious use, including oxycodone, amitriptyline, propranolol, pregabalin & quetiapine. https://t.co/syeZvfFSYF

[QandA @QandA]

“I am down but I will get back up. And you can come at me again and I will meet you with the love of my people.” Stan Grant delivers a powerful message on Q+A before taking a break from the media. #StanGrant #QandA #WeStandWithStan

[Dr Duleeka Knipe @Dee_Knipe]

Really key findings from large data linkage study which provides insights into possible need for means restriction for certain drugs which appear to be more associated with poisoning related deaths. Impressive clear presentation by @chitty_kate #BDIsummit @blackdoginst

[NHMRC @nhmrc]

From 2023, NHMRC will award equal numbers of Investigator Grants to women and men in a new intervention to address gender inequities in research funding. https://t.co/45LsSsWh23 1/2

[Dan Hermens @DanHermens]

📢We are hiring!

We are looking for Research Assistant to join our team in the Longitudinal Adolescent Brain Study
https://t.co/vWgD0unIdR

500+ 🧠 scans to date, this RA will focus on increasing recruitment in this next phase of LABS...

Please RT

https://t.co/T4ATVVcC65

[Kate Chitty (she/her) @chitty_kate]

@anschaf They’re very lucky to have you!

[Frank Iorfino @frankiorfino]

An insightful perspective from @ian_hickie at the @WPA_Psychiatry early intervention conference in Athens about the need for a multidisciplinary and transdiagnostic approach to deliver the right care, at the right time, where you live.

[NSW Health @NSWHealth]

NSW Health is warning of high-dose MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy tablets, circulating in the community after tablets seized by NSW Police contained more than two times the average dose of MDMA per tablet.

[Medicines Intelligence CRE @MedIntelCRE]

Attention women in pharmacoepi - our letter to the Editor in PDS Journal of @IntPharmacoEpi: Parity in female authorship in Australian pharmacoepidemiology research leveraging medicine dispensing data: How well are we doing? https://t.co/bx4Am5djuI

[Roses in the Ocean @RosesInTheOcean]

Join us for the online launch of our Lived Experience of Suicide Informed & Inclusive Culture Change suite of resources, with guest speakers, @DavidColemanMP, @CMorgan265 of @NMHC, and @jaeleaskehan of @EverymindAU. Register: https://t.co/Fmo9GGLaOV #livedexperienceofsuicide

[Edith Collins Centre @Edith__Collins]

Highly significant paper out today by the ECC's brilliant NHMRC Fellows @chitty_kate @RoseFJCairns & Nick Buckley demonstrating that deliberate self-poisoning in Australian adolescents is increased on school days @syd_health https://t.co/HUNSFOhLWQ

[Ashleigh Lin @lin_ashleigh]

Folks, please retweet. This survey is important for so many reasons. https://t.co/RvaEkbZwbF

[Kate Chitty (she/her) @chitty_kate]

Great work! Now the next challenge begins, how do we implement?

[NCISH @NCISH_UK]

We have been collecting data for over 20 years. Based on our evidence from studies of mental health services, primary care and accident and emergency departments we have developed a list of 10 key elements for safer care for patients.

[louis appleby @ProfLAppleby]

Self-harm, meds, admission, section, more self-harm: vicious circle in personality disorder that calls for specialised therapies & support for frontline staff. Infographic from our report today. https://t.co/CIWvVYJVW8

[Patrick McGorry @PatMcGorry]

So true and we also need to close the gap for Australia’s mentally ill ... who due 15 years earlier from preventable medical illnesses and even more preventable suicides @Oz4mentalhealth https://t.co/15tFXSYvnX

[SMHR @SMHR]

An exceptional honour on #australiaday for an exceptional person and researcher. Congratulations @MTeesson AC and thank you for raising the profile and importance of mental health research in preventing and treating mental health and alcohol/substance use problems #millionminds https://t.co/1YHQtkNIHy

[AusoftheYearAwards @ausoftheyear]

That completes the 2018 #Ausoftheyear Awards. Congratulations to our outstanding Award recipients: Dr Graham Farquhar AO, Prof Michelle Yvonne Simmons, Eddie Woo and Samantha Kerr.

[headspace @headspace_aus]

headspace CEO @JasonTrethowan shares his thoughts on the devastating topic of youth suicide: https://t.co/HBudrwQ3I8
If you, or someone you know is going through a tough time, help is available. Contact us at https://t.co/Py0BzjZK7M or Lifeline on 13 11 14.