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Labour party announce new policy on suicide prevention.

Labour party announce new policy on suicide prevention.

“As the incidence of mental health conditions continues to rise in children and adolescents, and these experiences can escalate and entrench over time without appropriate help, the need for early intervention in mental health care is vital.  When working with children, play and arts in therapy offer the opportunity for ...

Eating Disorders and a Higher Risk of Suicide

Eating Disorders and a Higher Risk of Suicide

Content warning: mentions of suicide   This blog was written by Moritz Herle, a lecturer in psychology at the Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, and newly an MQ Fellow. His research focuses on the development of eating behaviours, childhood weight ...

A World Dipped in Suicide – My Brain’s Not Broken

A World Dipped in Suicide – My Brain’s Not Broken

TW: This post discusses suicide and suicide-related topics “Suicide doesn’t end the chances of life getting worse, it eliminates the possibility of it ever getting better” (unknown) An unfortunate circumstance, suicide is a terrible, global anomaly from which 700,000-800,000 people die each year worldwide. Additionally, for every person who has ...

Statewide suicide prevention conference this month

Statewide suicide prevention conference this month

Michigan’s largest conference on suicide prevention will be held this month in Plymouth. The Kevin’s Song 7th Annual Conference on Suicide is set for January 26 through January 28. Coordinator Leo Nouhan tells us there will be hundreds of mental health professionals, educators, first responders, and survivors on hand. “We’re ...

Restricting Abortion can Increase the Risk of Suicide

Restricting Abortion can Increase the Risk of Suicide

The study came about after Barzilay, Zandberg, and Waller recognized an overlap in their research interests. Zandberg investigates how reproductive care limits affect gender inequity, while Barzilay investigates the elements that influence a person's mental health trajectory and suicide risk. Waller is interested in environmental stressors that affect parents and, ...

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