PUBLIC LECTURE: UWA Albany Skywest Public Lecture

The loss of a life through suicide is the most feared and tragic outcome from mental ill-health. It’s also an outcome which is preventable, and we all need to know how. headspace Great Southern Manager Andrew Wenzel will speak about the need for more open discussion about suicide at a community level, as well as look at the understandable fear about talking to someone at risk of suicide. Andrew Wenzel is the Manager of headspace Great Southern , a local not-for-profit youth mental health and support service. He graduated in Medicine and worked for 10 years in state Mental Health Systems, before a fascination for people’s stories led him to a career change to Broadcasting, and a shift to Albany. A synthesis of these two career paths led him to his current position. He is passionate about mental health awareness and youth health.