Media Enquiries 

Reporting on mental health

One in five Australians will experience mental health problems in any given year.  

As a topic of public interest, it is important to communicate about mental ill-health and suicide safely and responsibly to reduce the prevalence of stigma and encourage help-seeking behaviours.  

We encourage the use of the Mindframe Guidelines to support safe and accurate media reporting of mental ill-health and suicide.  

Mental Health First Aid Australia welcomes media enquiries about a range of topics, including:

Mental Health First Aid guidelines, skills and training.

How individuals can offer initial help to a person who is developing any of the following mental health problems:

• Depression
• Anxiety problems
• Eating disorders
• Psychosis
• Substance use problems

On the following mental health problems:

• Suicidal thoughts and behaviours
• Non-suicidal self-injury
• Panic attacks
• Traumatic events
• Severe effects of drug or alcohol use
• Severe psychotic states
• Aggressive behaviour

Within the following populations:

• Adults
• Young people
• Older persons
• Workplaces
• Nursing and medical students
• Financial counsellors
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
• Vietnamese and Chinese Australians
• People with intellectual disability.