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15/05/20 - COVID19 is putting suicidal dads at increased risk
Charities supporting suicidal dads need more funding to keep up with increased demand linked to COVID-19, a national suicide prevention organisation has warned.
Researchers at the Brain and Mind Centre (BMC) in Sydney have predicted the social impacts of COVID-19 could lead to an additional 1,500 suicides a year, the majority of them men.
Now experts working with separated fathers are warning that the increased pressure that the impacts of COVID-19 is having on relationships could see more dads taking their lives.
Pete Nicholls, CEO of Parents Beyond Breakup, the charity that runs Dads in Distress support groups for fathers at risk of suicide says:
“The first Dads In Distress group was set up in 1999 by our founder Tony Miller OAM to prevent suicide in separated fathers. It met on a verandah in Coffs Harbour.
In response to COVID-19, we launched the Virtual Verandah, an online support service that helps dads at risk of suicide connect online with their peers.
We are seeing demand for this service growing every week and need more funding to make the service available to every separating dad in Australia who needs our support. With more help from Government, we can fulfil our mission to keep more dads alive and in their kids’ lives.”
The call for Government help came as former senator, David Leyonjhelm, claimed in the Australian Financial Review that organisations supporting men during relationship break-ups were struggling to meet demand because of lack of Government support.
In response to the Leyonjhelm article, the peak suicide prevention body, Suicide Prevention Australia (SPA) issued a statement confirming that intimate relationship breakdown has a significant impact on men and needed to be targeted by Government policy and funding.
In particular, SPA called for suicide prevention funding to be directed at community services targeting men vulnerable to distress, such as the Dads in Distress helpline and support groups.
The impact of COVID-19 on family breakdown is an issue that is being experienced worldwide. Earlier this week, the international charity, Global Action for Men’s Health, issued a statement warning that more men are likely to experience relationship problems and many separated fathers will have reduced contact with their children.
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