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Mental health services fail to take full account of menopause, report finds

The report came in the wake of the suicide of Frances Wellburn, 56, who was under the care of her local NHS trust.

The Independent UK

Queer teens are experiencing worsening mental health according to CDC data.

Suicide attempts among LGBQ high school students were at least double the national average in 2019.

USAFacts

Almost 90% of children brought from Nauru suffered physical health problems

Nearly 80% reported one or more mental health symptoms, research shows, with 45% reporting a suicide attempt or self-harm

The Guardian - AU

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Defence personnel and veterans rush to beat Royal Commission deadline

A deadline for private submissions to the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide has prompted a rush of harrowing accounts.

ABC News

Awash in federal money, state lawmakers tackle worsening youth mental health

The pandemic accelerated a yearslong decline in the mental health of the nation’s children and teens. The number of young people experiencing sadness, hopelessness and thoughts of suicide has increased dramatically, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Tribune News Service

Priory didn’t tell suicide victim’s family that she had left hospital

A Chelsea businesswoman with a history of depression took her own life after she was discharged from the exclusive Priory clinic without her family and friends being informed, a coroner has found.

Evening Standard

Veterans unite to call for federal government to improve access to mental health support

In an unprecedented push, three regional Victorian veterans organisations are calling for improved access to mental health support for former military personnel.

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Inside abandoned house soon to be demolished over ghostly suicide haunting fears

A roadhouse is a small service station in the US and Canada built to host travellers by providing food, drinks, fuel and accommodation. They were also known in the 1900s as stagecoach houses and were a place to rest and feed the horses for the night on long journeys

Daily Mirror

Army veteran's wife tells Q+A her husband tried to take his life more than 30 times, as she calls for more funding from government

Australian Army veteran Dave has tried to end his life more than 30 times since returning from Timor-Leste. He and his wife have used a Q+A appearance to implore the government to better support defence personnel.

ABC News

Community bands together to prevent suicide, honour loved ones and offer support amid cost-of-living distress

As concern about suicide rises nationally, almost 200 people in central Victoria have stepped up to remember loved ones lost and champion prevention.

ABC News

‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’ Stumbles with $30.5 Million Debut

“Shazam! Fury of the Gods” felt the fury of the marketplace in its theatrical debut this weekend. The New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. superhero movie opened to a disappointing $30.5 million from over 4,071 theaters. The “Shazam!” sequel fell short of its modest expectations ($35 million) as well as…

Asharq Al-Awsat

'It crushed me' Woman whose ex-boyfriend committed suicide launches men's mental health app

"Days before he'd asked if I wanted to get back together, and I never got to tell him 'yes'"

Wales Online

To prevent gun suicide, states consider allowing people to deny themselves a gun

As lawmakers and mental health advocates wrestle with how to stop the avalanche of suicides by firearm in this country, some are looking to a novel idea at work in a handful of states: Register yourself as a suicide risk so you can’t buy a gun on a whim.

Tribune News Service

Black Dog Ride's iconic motorcycle event sparks conversations about depression, mental health

After coming through a "bit of a dark spot" five years ago, Josh Salter now leads an iconic motorcycle ride to help others going through a tough time.

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New Compass host Indira Naidoo on spirituality and the healing power of nature after sister's suicide

Journalist Indira Naidoo shares her experience of finding meaning and how spirituality can help us navigate the darkest moments of our lives.

Daily Mirror

Overworked NHS staff being driven to suicide with one life lost every three days

The figures, published by the Office for National Statistics, come as ministers are urged to rethink a move to scrap mental health support funding for NHS workers

Tribune News Service

Trans kids in Georgia say they have target on their back with GOP initiative

ATLANTA — Michael’s mother walked past the bathroom in their Duluth, Georgia, home where she had seen her son crying months earlier. The teen was now looking in the same mirror, but this time he was grinning.

Daily Record

Primary school headteacher took own life after 'Inadequate' Ofsted inspection report

Ruth Perry died by suicide in January after Caversham Primary School's leadership and management was graded Inadequate.

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The Independent UK

US officials investigating alleged suicide of Saudi Arabian trans woman ‘forced to detransition by family’

Eden Knight, 23, claimed in her final message that her parents had coerced her into leaving the US

Newcastle Herald

'She was with me the whole time': suicide film brings hope

The spirit of Mary was a strong presence in the making of the film.

The Independent UK

Mother of rape lies fantasist ‘expected longer sentence’ for jailed daughter

Eleanor Williams ‘was just trying to get people to listen to her,’ says mother after three men were nearly driven to suicide

The Independent UK

Military moves to cut suicides, but defers action on guns

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a number of improvements in mental health care to try to reduce suicides in the military

Belfast Live

Co Tyrone mum opens up on grief on first anniversary of son’s suicide

Dungannon man Conor McHugh died last March aged 31

The Guardian - UK

Contort yourself! The mutant disco mayhem of New York’s Ze Records

Disgusted with Britain’s ‘cruel’ aristocracy, Michael Zilkha left to champion a generation of party-starting punk-funk bands. As he returns as a book publisher, he remembers that wild scene

The Conversation

54% of firearm deaths in the US are from suicide – and easy access to a gun is a key risk factor

More than half – 54% – of all firearm deaths in the United States in 2021 were attributable to suicide, according to February 2023 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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