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Suicide Prevention Group respond to 2019 stats

Posted on November 25, 2020 by Hippocratic Post

Scotland’s National Suicide Leadership Prevention Group respond to 2019 increase in deaths by suicide Key figures who are leading Scotland’s new approach to suicide prevention today reacted to the news that the number of people who died by suicide in Scotland in 2019 rose for a second successive year. Statistics released by National Records of […]

Suicide prevention is high priority

Posted on September 11, 2017 by Izzi Seccombe

Every suicide tells a different but equally tragic story. Suicide prevention is a high priority for councils, which already provide a range of vital services that support the health and mental wellbeing of our communities. However we need a root and branch overhaul of mental health services, which focuses on prevention and early intervention, particularly for […]