Royals join forces to launch £3 million mental health text messaging helpline
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Duke and Duchess of Sussex have teamed up for the first time to launch a major project – a text messaging helpline for
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Liberal Democrat MSP calls for more support for witnesses to suicide
Liberal Democrat MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton has urged more support for people who witness incidents such as suicides, as he revealed he still suffers nightmares after seeing a person take their
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Bereavement counsellor killed herself and five-year-old son amid custody battle, inquest
A bereavement counsellor with escalating mental health problems killed herself and her five-year-old son amid a family court custody battle, an inquest has heard. The bodies of Cheryl and Leo
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Suicide prevention charity ‘contacted every two minutes’ over last year
Suicide prevention charity Samaritans was contacted by people in distress or crisis at a rate of every two minutes last year, figures suggest. According to statistics published by the charity,
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Police did not cross-reference stalking incidents before victim had ‘run out of fight’
A police force failed to cross-reference almost half the incidents involving a serial stalker who drove his ex-partner to take her own life by bombarding her with abusive voicemails, texts
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Social media firms pledge cash for Samaritans in bid to tackle harmful content
Social media giants have pledged hundreds of thousands of pounds to the Samaritans charity in a bid to rid the internet of self-harm videos and other damaging material, Health Secretary
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Mother hopes teenager’s Priory psychiatric hospital death will change ‘failing system’
The mother of teenage girl who died while receiving treatment from a private mental healthcare provider hopes her case will help change “a failing system”, a court heard. The Priory
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Mother condemns report claiming deaths of daughter and husband were not preventable
The mother of a six-year-old girl who was drowned by her depressed father who then killed himself has criticised mental health services for failing to give him the support she
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Controversial psychiatric facility to be investigated after vulnerable teenager’s death
A charity operating a psychiatric facility where a teenager was found hanged when it launched a programme of fitness and wellbeing is being investigated by the Charity Commission. Sophie Bennett,
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Loved ones of men who took own lives demand mental health services review
Two bereaved women who lost loved ones are calling for a full review of the system, arguing the men were let down by Scotland’s mental health services. Karen McKeown and
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