Suicidality among childbearing women a major challenge: A study by University of Queensland researchers has highlighted the need to improve mental health assessments and pathways to care for childbearing women who experience suicidality. Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research (QCMHR) researcher Dr Carla Meurk said suicide was the leading cause of maternal death in Australia, which highlighted […]
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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 […]
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Around forty per cent of transgender people have attempted to take their own lives at some point in time. That’s a shocking, harrowing statistic, supplied by the National Centre for Transgender Equality. And yet, having worked with such patients at my clinic for many years, it’s also not one that surprises me. We need to […]
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Baroness Beeban Kidron OBE, Founder of the children’s charity 5Rights discusses how growing up in a digital world directly impacts on a child’s development. ‘Evidence is growing of the impact of prolonged use of social media on children and young people. Recent US research, based on examining the online activities of more than half a million […]
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 […]
Alicia has impacted the lives of thousands through her mental health advocacy. Listen to what piece of advice changed the course of her life in this video from One Young World for Mental Health Awareness Week 2017. […]
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Watch a series of videos by the One Young World Ambassadors on the subject of Mental Health. The Health Plenary Session at the 2016 One Young World Summit in Ottawa focused on Mental Health. Poor mental health is one of the greatest contributors to disease worldwide. A WHO study of 90 countries identified suicide as […]
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Despite acne being so common, there are still many misconceptions that surround it. Myths include that sufferers are dirty or don’t wash properly, that their diet is poor or that they will ‘grow out of it’. These myths play a huge part in the stigma surrounding the condition and the perception of it by non-sufferers. […]
The fact that prison suicides are at record levels is tragic, but it is only one of the most serious consequences of the last government’s decision to cut prison staffing while prisoner numbers were rising. The prison service is in crisis following a 40 per cent cut in the number of prison officers and mental health […]
Five years ago my dad took his own life. But I’m lucky. I’m incredibly lucky to have people around me that saw me through the hardest time of my life and continue to do so. Lucky that I have entered a career where I can build on my understanding of mental health and what it […]