Content Warning: This episode discusses suicide and suicide prevention.
Listener discretion is advised.

Insight 1
• Pressures facing Australian mental health nurses and the need for formal support beyond AI Chatbots.
https://360info.org/australias-mental-health-services-are-buckling-due-to-rising-demand-staff-shortages-and-patient-violence/

• Early evidence for AI chatbots supporting clinicians mental health.
https://humanfactors.jmir.org/2025/1/e67682

Insight 2
• Adolescent mental health access gaps in India and how AI chatbots create early touch points.
https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/ai-chatbots-for-teen-mental-health-augmenting-india-s-counselling-services

• Evidence for rapid therapeutic alliance with conversational agents.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/390309549_Effectiveness_of_AI-driven_Conversational_Agents_in_Improving_Mental_Health_Among_Young_People_A_Systematic_Review_and_Meta-analysis

Insight 3
• Humour as a protective factor for nursing students against academic stress.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/395780108_The_protective_role_of_sense_of_humor_against_academic_stress_among_Indonesian_nursing_students_A_multivariate_analysis

Insight 4
• A call to mandate suicide prevention training for all doctors to lift preparedness and physican confidence.
https://www.cureus.com/articles/383536-suicide-literacy-a-call-for-national-training-in-suicide-competencies-for-all-medical-doctors?score_article=true#!/

Insight 5
• A new organisational framework building on the recognized 4 styles of humour. Investigating humour intent, content, reaction.
https://news.clemson.edu/clemson-business-professor-is-rethinking-humor-in-the-workplace/

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joms.13245

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"If you or someone you know needs support, please contact one of these Australian mental health services. In an emergency, always call 000."

Lifeline Australia
Phone: 13 11 14 (24/7)
Web: lifeline.org.au

Suicide Call Back Service
Phone: 1300 659 467 (24/7)
Web: suicidecallbackservice.org.au

Beyond Blue
Phone: 1300 22 4636 (24/7)
Web: beyondblue.org.au

Kids Helpline (for people aged 5-25)
Phone: 1800 55 1800 (24/7)
Web: kidshelpline.com.au

MensLine Australia
Phone: 1300 78 99 78 (24/7)
Web: mensline.org.au

SANE Australia (complex mental health issues)
Phone: 1800 18 7263
Web: sane.org

QLife (LGBTIQ+ support)
Phone: 1800 184 527
Web: qlife.org.au

Open Arms (Veterans & Families Counselling)
Phone: 1800 011 046 (24/7)
Web: openarms.gov.au

1800RESPECT (sexual assault, domestic violence)
Phone: 1800 737 732 (24/7)
Web: 1800respect.org.au

Headspace (youth mental health, ages 12-25)
Phone: 1800 650 890
Web: headspace.org.au

13YARN (Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander crisis support)
Phone: 13 92 76 (13YARN) (24/7)
Web: 13yarn.org.au

Music by Hayden Smith
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