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Evans says the experience had a severe impact on his mental health and spent time in hospital

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‘It was very unpleasant waking up in the morning, because you feel very, very depressed for the first couple of hours,’ says the comedy legend

Alice Figueiredo’s mother has criticised staff for ‘indifference, ignorance, even at times cruelty’

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Documentary features Flack’s mother examining material from her daughter’s phones, including voice notes and texts

The actor and broadcaster, a long-time advocate for mental health, says the cause is deeply personal after he once went missing himself. He is urging readers to support The Independent’s campaign with the charity Missing People to protect children in crisis

Caroline Flack admitted she was “really all over the place” in a heartbreaking voice note sent days before her death.