❓ Hon Dr Brad Pettitt requested data on suicide and self-harm attempts in February and March 2023 at Banksia Hill Detention Centre and Unit 18. The Minister provided a detailed table with definitions of the terms used.
AnsweredQoN 214Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
YOUTH DETENTION — SUICIDE AND SELF-HARM ATTEMPTS
214. Hon Dr BRAD PETTITT to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Corrective Services:
I refer to youth detention. Will the
minister please provide the number of suicide and self-harm attempts for
February 2023 and March 2023, to date, at Banksia Hill Detention Centre and
Unit 18, respectively?
214. Hon Dr BRAD PETTITT to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Corrective Services:
I refer to youth detention. Will the
minister please provide the number of suicide and self-harm attempts for
February 2023 and March 2023, to date, at Banksia Hill Detention Centre and
Unit 18, respectively?
AnswerView source ↗
I answer on behalf of the
parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Corrective Services. I thank
the member for some notice of the question.
The answer has been provided in a tabular
form. I seek leave to have the response incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave
granted for the following material to be incorporated.]
Table
1. Distinct Self-Harm and Attempted Suicide instances between 1 February and 13
March 2023, by Month and Facility
Facility
February 2023
March 2023
Attempted Suicide
Self-Harm – Serious
Self-Harm – Minor
Attempted Suicide
Self-Harm – Serious
Self-Harm – Minor
Banksia Hill
1
0
15
0
0
5
Unit 18
0
1
18
0
0
6
Definitions
and Terminology
Term
Definition
Attempted Suicide
An act where the circumstances indicate the intent of the act was to
take their own life through:
a) self-inflicted injury;
or
b) self-asphyxiation or
hanging; or
c) intentional
self-poisoning (including drug overdose); or
d) other intentional acts
intended to take one's own life.
Self-Harm – Minor
An act of self-harm that does not require overnight hospitalisation,
overnight care at a facility medical centre/infirmary or ongoing medical
treatment or any other act of self-harm that does not result in injury.
Self-Harm – Serious
An act of self-harm that requires either overnight hospitalisation in
a medical facility (including facility clinic/infirmary), or ongoing medical
treatment.
parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Corrective Services. I thank
the member for some notice of the question.
The answer has been provided in a tabular
form. I seek leave to have the response incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave
granted for the following material to be incorporated.]
Table
1. Distinct Self-Harm and Attempted Suicide instances between 1 February and 13
March 2023, by Month and Facility
Facility
February 2023
March 2023
Attempted Suicide
Self-Harm – Serious
Self-Harm – Minor
Attempted Suicide
Self-Harm – Serious
Self-Harm – Minor
Banksia Hill
1
0
15
0
0
5
Unit 18
0
1
18
0
0
6
Definitions
and Terminology
Term
Definition
Attempted Suicide
An act where the circumstances indicate the intent of the act was to
take their own life through:
a) self-inflicted injury;
or
b) self-asphyxiation or
hanging; or
c) intentional
self-poisoning (including drug overdose); or
d) other intentional acts
intended to take one's own life.
Self-Harm – Minor
An act of self-harm that does not require overnight hospitalisation,
overnight care at a facility medical centre/infirmary or ongoing medical
treatment or any other act of self-harm that does not result in injury.
Self-Harm – Serious
An act of self-harm that requires either overnight hospitalisation in
a medical facility (including facility clinic/infirmary), or ongoing medical
treatment.
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