A hospital worker allegedly caused the death of a 22-year-old mental health patient after she gained access to materials that she had used in earlier suicide attempts, a court has
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Former Bristol and Bath rugby player Nick Koster took his own life while on leave from a mental health hospital where he had been voluntarily admitted, an inquest has heard.
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The parents of a student with chronic anxiety who took her own life ahead of a key presentation have welcomed new guidance calling on universities to ensure they make reasonable
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A “clear plan of action” on suicide prevention is needed, a leading charity said, as researchers called for the impact of social factors such as poverty and homelessness to be
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Suicide rates registered in England and Wales last year were the highest in more than two decades, new data shows. Around three-quarters of deaths by suicide were among males, the
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Data that suggests a weight loss jab may be linked to people having suicidal thoughts needs urgent clarification, experts have said. According to a new study, figures from a World
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The family of the late cricketer Graham Thorpe have been praised for their “courage in talking openly” about his mental health struggles. The England and Wales Cricket Board announced on
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A 29-year-old trans person who felt “dismissed, ignored and lied to” by mental health workers took their own life outside a hospital despite “screaming very loudly for help to stay
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A man who murdered his wife and a teenager are the latest deaths at a Welsh prison where nine inmates have died in just over two months. David Maggs, 73,
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A teenage girl who took her own life at a mental health facility was “failed by the place that was supposed to keep her safe”, her family have said. Tees,
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