After Darren Turner, founder and creative director at The Table, lost a close friend to suicide, therapy provided the 'essential medicine for the mind'.
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Heart attack of the mind: breaking the silence on suicide and mental health
Dentsu fined for failing to curb illegal overtime
The ruling brings to a close an open trial for labour practice violations following the suicide of an employee.
As Dentsu faces up to its past, here’s how it can move forward
Admitting wrongdoing is healthy. Now it’s vital to ensure things don’t just return to ‘business as usual’.
Dentsu's trial nears conclusion with admission of guilt
The company ignored a culture of illegal overtime, the president has acknowledged.
Dentsu to face trial in 'karoshi' case: reports
The company is set to face a formal open trial for its role in an employee’s death.
Dentsu likely to be fined for irresponsible working practices
The company renews a pledge to stamp out long working hours as executives escape charges following the investigation of a suicide in 2015.
Dentsu Media employee commits suicide in Indonesia
The deceased was a long-term resident and managed JKT48, a local pop group.
No longer ‘family-friendly’, Dentsu forms commission to stamp out karoshi
The body intends to create a better working environment with input from junior employees and external consultants.
Overtime and suicide: Industry reactions
This is where we're compiling ongoing discussion about the industry's overtime issue.
Editor's note: On suicide, overtime and responsibility
A column we published yesterday has provoked a strong reaction. We’d like to hear more.
How to cure the agency overtime problem
Dentsu’s mandate to reduce overtime hours is not going to address the problem of overwork, writes Wunderman's Bryce Whitwam.
Labour authorities raid Dentsu in suicide probe
The investigation aims to gain a clearer understanding of the agency's working culture.
Ad industry must face up to its unhealthy work culture
A suicide blamed on excessive overtime should give pause to leaders who have normalised a system of exploitation.
R U OK? starts quirky conversations to help prevent suicide
SYDNEY - R U OK? Foundation, a suicide-prevention organisation, has launched an outdoor and digital advertising campaign to encourage Aussies to get creative with talking to their friends and family members who may be struggling with life.
Samsung Life and city authorities join hands to prevent suicides in Seoul
SEOUL - Seoul City has teamed up with Samsung Life Insurance and its advertising agency Cheil Worldwide to urge respect for life through their 'Bridge of life' campaign.
Australian duo's prank call results in network's voluntary suspension of advertising
SYDNEY - In the wake of global negative backlash following a prank call by radio DJ Mel Greig and Michael Christian, Southern Cross Austreo (SCA) has voluntarily and indefinitely suspended the duo's show and all advertising across its 2Day FM Sydney station.