Ellen Lake, Ryan McGrath and Sophie Shephard present five discussion points about suicide prevention in a clinical context.

The Physiotherapy Research Foundation (PRF) has highlighted key messages from the 5 facts article featured in the October edition of InMotion and produced this infographic. 

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About the authors

Ellen Lake APAM is a clinical physiotherapist and registered counsellor and psychotherapist. Ellen works in private practice with people who present with physical and mental health comorbidity. She is the chair of the APA Mental Health national group and has a special interest in practitioner self-care and wellbeing.

Ryan McGrath APAM is a clinician, educator and researcher with the University of Melbourne. Ryan’s honours and doctoral research focused on investigating physiotherapists’ practices and experiences with clients experiencing psychological and suicidal distress. He is a member of the APA Mental Health national group.

Sophie Shephard MACP is a physiotherapist and PhD candidate. Sophie’s research interests include psychologically informed practice and suicide prevention and novel opportunities to improve pain care and research translation through interprofessional collaboration. She is an APA Pain Physiotherapist and a member of the APA Pain national group.

This infographic is a Physiotherapy Research Foundation (PRF) initiative supported by FlexEze – partner of the PRF.