A coronial inquest has urged mental-health authorities and university staff to cooperate more closely after a young student killed himself on campus in 2018.
The ACT Coroner has urged mental-health authorities and the Australian National University to cooperate more closely after a young student killed himself while living on campus in 2018.He had been hospitalised several weeks before his death because he cut himselfJoshua* took his life in his room at a residential hall between late July and mid-August 2018. He was 18 years old.
"Joshua's parents are haunted by the feeling that, if they had known that he was effectively without professional engagement or support, they could have done more to intervene," the coroner said."They could have done no more than they did." He recommended both agencies rethink their policies, and set practical rather than inspirational goals, including on the transfer of care.
However, his most significant recommendation concerned information sharing and ACT government advice to health workers about how much of a patient's personal information they could disclose.
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