#chatsafe

It's Safer Internet Day ☀️ and with lots of talk about young people's online safety, we're sharing our researchers' 3 top ways parents, carers and educators can support their safe online conversations.

See the resources on our site for more: bit.ly/3Is0X3n

As under-16s in Australia adapt to life after the social media restrictions, this new study from #chatsafe's Professor Jo Robinson highlights the importance of teaching young people how to keep themselves safe online - whether they're on social media yet, or not.

Read more about our postvention work 👉 bit.ly/4ppOYDx

Dr Louise La Sala recently presented a keynote on our postvention work for the Gold Coast Primary Health Network's Mental Health Symposium.

Speaking to the #chatsafe research on ‘Meeting People Where They Are’, she shared insights on youth digital safety and mental health.

So great to see #chatsafe and Orygen highlighted in Parliament by Sen. Charlotte Walker and Sen David Pocock.

As support from all political parties grows, we can keep building momentum.

Dr Elise Carrotte shared the #chatsafe research and advice for young people's communities at the Greater Dandenong Youth Network Forum 2025 on Digital Safety.

It was great hearing advice from the online safety experts from @esafetyoffice.bsky.social and @monashuniversity.bsky.social too 🤩

Check out @orygen.org.au 's Prof Pat McGorry on ABC's Your Say, talking about #chatsafe's approach to supporting young people's safe online conversations about self-harm and suicide.

Watch the full episode 📺 bit.ly/478htxH

There's lots of talk about youth online safety and mental health. But not enough evidence.

That’s why we developed the #chatsafe Online Safety Scale, a new tool to assess how safely young people communicate online about self-harm and suicide.

Read more 👉 bit.ly/43cZl5m

Great to see Prof Jo Robinson on the panel at the UN General Assembly, discussing "Partnering for Impact: Suicide Prevention in the Americas".

Prof Robinson spoke to youth suicide globally, the impact of #chatsafe, and how social media needs to be tackled alongside other societal problems.

Orygen staff keeping the wheels turning as part of @iaspinfo.bsky.social's 'Cycle Around the Globe', spreading the most important message: suicide is preventable.

Read about our recent suicide prevention work here: bit.ly/4phu226

How could youth online safety policy learn from road safety? 🚗

Here Dr Louise La Sala and David Baker suggest how young people could be supported to keep themselves as safe online as they are behind the wheel.

Read the paper 👉 bit.ly/4mtBZyE

We're the first mental health program in the world helping young people talk safely online about self-harm and suicide.

And since we started our research in 2018, we published whole suite of resources helping young people and their supporters

More about our impact 👉 bit.ly/46ENuyo

Great to see Dr Elise Carrotte & Charlie Cooper share findings with Northern Sydney LHD for #WorldSuicidePreventionDay 🙌

Elise spoke on stigma, suicide & lived experience, while Charlie explored supporting at-risk LGBTQIA+ youth via social media & mental health services.

YouTube video by IASP World Suicide Prevention Day 2025

Hear directly from IASP President, Professor Jo Robinson, on why Changing the Narrative on Suicide matters and how we can all play a part on World Suicide Prevention Day. #WSPD2025

To raise awareness of suicide prevention worldwide, our Suicide Prevention team ran an @iaspinfo.bsky.social Cycle Around the Globe event in the Orygen cafe 🚴🏻‍♂️ ☕️

Staff from 16 teams hopped on the bikes and pedalled for over 2 hours 🤩

In the youth online safety debate, the voices of young people and suicide prevention experts should be heard.

In this study, we collected insights on young people's experience of social media safety tools, and how they think platforms and policymakers could protect them better 👉 bit.ly/4osZrht

#chatsafe delivers research-backed advice to young people, parents, carers and educators with national social media campaigns.

And we've reached 15 million Australians so far 🙌

Read more about our impact 👉 bit.ly/3HjOqyp

Our postvention program shares life-saving information with young people and their supporters on social media after a suicide death in their community.

The impact of this initiative was tested in a study with over 250 young people.

Read the paper 👉 bit.ly/4m7VDAg

The #chatsafe program uses social media as a tool for suicide prevention. To measure the impact of educational campaigns for young people, we implemented a randomised control trial.

Read about our approach, and what we found: bit.ly/44ChXfL

Youth suicide is a global issue, which needs global solutions.

To expand the reach of the #chatsafe study, we engaged participants from 38 countries, and our resources have been downloaded around the world in over 30 languages.

Read the study 🌍 bit.ly/3GQb7Ki

How can research into safe social media use reach young people?

By co-designing social media campaigns with young people every step of the way.

Read more about the #chatsafe approach 👀 bit.ly/40Besn5

RESEARCH | A new Orygen and @missionaust.bsky.social report is shifting the narrative around social media's impact on youth mental health.

As lead author Dr @louiselasala.bsky.social explains, its results indicate the relationship is far more nuanced than we might assume. More: bit.ly/3TcKYbj

Excessive social media found to harm teenagers’ mental health – but experts say moderation may be key Exclusive: Mission Australia survey finds moderate social media users were as likely to seek help from parents as low users

"Moderation may be key"

A new study by #chatsafe researcher, Dr Louise La Sala, suggests that 1-3 hours daily social media use may be better for their wellbeing than none at all.

Great to see Dr La Sala's findings in this recent piece in @GuardianAus bit.ly/3GpGNWI @louiselasala.bsky.social

When a young person dies by suicide, the risk of further youth suicide in that community increases threefold.

Our postvention program shares life-saving information at this critical time, with evidence-backed social media campaigns.

Learn more: bit.ly/3ZP8Llf

Researcher Charlie Cooper shared his work on how queer young people talk online about self-harm and suicide, and how social media can be used to provide support.

For his presentation, Charlie won the People's Choice Award, voted on by conference participants 👏

@cooper-charlie.bsky.social

Dr Louise La Sala and Dr Bridget Kenny shared latest research from the #chatsafe program, on how social media can be used as a tool for suicide prevention 🤳

@louiselasala.bsky.social

Dr Elise Carrotte shared her research on youth and professional perspectives regarding digital tools for suicide prevention, as well as challenges of digital tools in the clinical context, and safety management procedures when collecting real-time suicide data.

"when governments invest in comprehensive, rights-based, national strategies, lives can be saved."

Some of the powerful opening words from IASP President and Orygen's Head of Suicide Prevention, Prof Jo Robinson.

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Orygen’s Suicide Prevention team champions youth voices at the IASP World Congress Lives can be saved that was the powerful message driving conversations led by Orygen at the International Association for Suicide Preventions 33rd World Congress.

The Suicide Prevention team from @orygen.org.au shared their research, including the #chatsafe program, in a series of talks, symposiums and panel event at this year's @iaspinfo.bsky.social world conference in Vienna 🌍

Read the full story: bit.ly/43RORso

Congrats to our research fellow Dr Louise La Sala, who was awarded the prestigious Andrej Marušič Award at the @IASPinfo 33rd World Congress in Vienna!

This award recognises Dr La Sala's pioneering work in youth suicide prevention, including the #chatsafe program 👏 @louiselasala.bsky.social