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Do chatbots have a role to play in suicide prevention?

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Senior Research Fellow, Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne Academic, Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne Jo Robinson receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council Pinar Thorn does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. University of Melbourne provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation AU. View all partners Australia’s first suicide prevention chatbot for the family and friends of those in crisis was launched last week by Lifeline, a nonprofit organisation dedicated to crisis support and suicide prevention. The chatbot, developed in partnership with Twitter, is called #BeALifeline Direct Message (DM) Chatbot. It seeks to help the family and friends of those at risk to quickly and easily start a convers

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