Challenges with involving persons with lived experience in suicide prevention programs

Samantha McIntosh; Anton N. Isaacs

doi:10.1071/AH25140

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Challenges with involving persons with lived experience in suicide prevention programs

Samantha McIntosh ^A and Anton N. Isaacs

^B ^*

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^A Independent Consultant, Expert by Experience.

^B School of Rural Health, Monash University, 15 Sargeant Street, Warragul, Vic 3820, Australia.

^* Correspondence to: anton.isaacs@monash.edu

Australian Health Review 49, AH25140 https://doi.org/10.1071/AH25140

Submitted: 26 June 2025 Accepted: 2 July 2025 Published: 15 July 2025

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