Suicide Prevention Australia calls for action after women's self-harm rates surge

By Amy Corderoy
Updated August 2 2015 - 10:13am, first published July 28 2015 - 12:01am
Women have higher rates of behaviour such as planning or thinking about suicide. Photo: Angela Wylie
Women have higher rates of behaviour such as planning or thinking about suicide. Photo: Angela Wylie

A sharp rise in the number of women who end up in hospital because of severe self-harm has led Suicide Prevention Australia to call for more to be done to help suicidal women.

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