澳大利亚维多利亚州墨尔本东郊在过去九个月内发生两波青少年自杀集群，共造成10人死亡1。其中至少6名死者年仅16岁以下，最年轻的死亡者仅13岁，分别在去年9月至10月和今年5月期间去世1。
调查发现该地区公共心理健康服务存在严重问题1。维多利亚州卫生部确认这些死亡的青少年在去世前均无公立医院记录，尽管卫生当局在事后提供了自杀后支持1。专家指出，大多数寻求帮助的儿童和家庭通过急诊科和电话分诊线联系时遭到拒绝，未能进入专科公立儿童及青少年心理健康服务1。同一时期内，该地区青少年心理健康患病率上升了50%1。东部地区和奥斯汀卫生网络在该地区运营儿童青少年心理健康服务1。
尽管事件严重，维多利亚州卫生当局尚未启动正式审查1。冠状医生法院正在等待证据概要，以决定是否将这些案件合并调查1。
Ten young people have died in Melbourne's eastern suburbs over a nine-month period, with at least six of the deaths occurring among children under 16 years old 1. The deaths occurred in two separate clusters, with cases documented between September and October of the previous year and again in May of the current year 1. The youngest victim was just 13 years old 1.
Investigations into these deaths have revealed significant gaps in the public mental health system serving the region 1. Experts found that most children and families seeking assistance through emergency departments and telephone triage lines were not admitted to specialist public child and adolescent mental health services 1. The Victoria Department of Health confirmed it provided post-suicide support, though these young people had no public hospital records prior to their deaths 1. During the same period, mental health presentations among adolescents in the area rose by 50 percent 1.
The Eastern Health and Austin Health networks operate child and adolescent mental health services in the region 1. Despite the concerning cluster of deaths, the Chief Psychiatrist, Safer Care Victoria, and the Office of Suicide Prevention have not initiated formal reviews 1. A coroner's court is awaiting evidence summaries to determine whether these cases should be consolidated for investigation 1.
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