To the Editor: The incisive editorial by Dudley and Lin1 should serve as a clarion call for the development of “more robust strategies with targeted, customised approaches … evidence‐based interventions and peer‐reviewed evaluations”.
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- 3. Malhi GS, Outhred T, Das P, et al. Modeling suicide in bipolar disorders. Bipolar Disord 2018; 20: 334–348.
- 4. Dickson JM, Cruise K, McCall CA, Taylor PJ. A systematic review of the antecedents and prevalence of suicide, self‐harm and suicide ideation in Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2019; 16: 3154.
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Gin Malhi has received grant or research support from the National Health and Medical Research Council, Australian Rotary Health, NSW Health, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, the Ramsay Research and Teaching Fund, Elsevier, AstraZeneca, Janssen‐Cilag, Lundbeck, Otsuka and Servier; and has been a consultant for AstraZeneca, Janssen‐Cilag, Lundbeck, Otsuka and Servier.