Suicide rates rose during Covid-19 pandemic
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Baton of Hope comes to Manchester in suicide prevention walk
A suicide awareness initiative that is touring the nation arrived in Manchester today bringing a message of hope to bereaved
The silent pandemic: Suicide claims a life every 40 seconds
Close to 800,000 people globally per annum make the decision to take their own lives, with these numbers rapidly increasing.
Netflix pulls plug on 13 Reasons Why – but should the show have ever been made?
Two years ago, the Netflix show 13 Reasons Why took the internet by storm.
Manchester tackle taboo and get talking for world suicide prevention day
Somewhere, somehow, every 40 seconds, someone in the world has committed suicide, and according to the World Health Organisation that’s 800,000 people per year.
#TalkToUs: New Samaritans research reveals one in three avoid sharing problems
A national charity are calling for people to speak out after new research revealed that nearly a third of the UK say they don’t like to burden others with their problems.
People who regularly visit GP 12 times more likely to commit suicide, warns Manchester University report
The research was carried out by The University of Manchester’s National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness (NCISH)