Information about the QSR
Please contact the Queensland Mental Health Commission for any information: suicidedata@qmhc.qld.gov.au
Annual Report 2022
View the Queensland Suicide Register's annual report for 2022:
History of the QSR
Data collection for this project began with the former Suicide Research and Prevention Program of Queensland Health, which was established in the late 1980s (Baume, Cantor & McTaggart, 1998). Queensland Health staff ran the register and it was called the Register of the Suicide Research and Prevention Program. Its name changed to the Queensland Suicide Register in 1994.
It moved to the Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention (AISRAP) when AISRAP was established in 1996, and was run out Griffith University's Belmont Private Hospital Campus. The register was the fundamental part of AISRAP's activities at that time. One of the goals of the Queensland Health Suicide Research Project initiated by Queensland Health and Griffith University was to maintain a register on all suicides in Queensland (Baume, Cantor & McTaggart, 1998).
The register then moved to Griffith University's Nathan Campus in 1997, then to Griffith University's Mt Gravatt Campus in 2001. The QSR transitioned back to the Queensland Government (Queensland Mental Health Commission) in 2023. Contact the Queensland Mental Health Commission: suicidedata@qmhc.qld.gov.au
References: Baume, P. J. M., Cantor, C. H., & McTaggart, P. G. (1998). Suicides in Queensland: a comprehensive study; 1990-1995 (pp. 1–61). Brisbane, Queensland: Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention.